JP2021185954A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine which can enhance the interest in a game in changing a mode of a variation icon.SOLUTION: There are a first display area in which a first display corresponding to a drawing pattern variation in a reservation of the drawing pattern variation is displayed, and a second display area in which a second display corresponding to a drawing pattern variation in an execution of the drawing pattern variation is displayed. The first display and the second display suggest a jackpot winning expectation degree in the drawing pattern variation by a display mode. The first performance which is carried out when the first display displayed in the first display area in association with a start of the drawing pattern variation is moved to the second display area, is a performance in which a third display having an identical display with an image constituting at least part of the first display is displayed in image display means, and in which the second display turns into a display mode different from that of the first display as a result of an operation of the third display.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine.

Some gaming machines represented by pachinko machines display a hold icon corresponding to a hold symbol change and a change icon corresponding to a running symbol change, and change the mode of these icon images. .. For example, Patent Document 1.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2015-131249

Changing the mode of the variable icon is an effective effect from the viewpoint of improving the interest of the game in the symbol variation corresponding to the variable icon, but there is still room for improvement from the viewpoint of enhancing the interest of the game.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a gaming machine capable of enhancing the interest of the game in changing the mode of the variable icon.

According to the present invention, it is a gaming machine that executes a hit / fail determination to determine whether or not a jackpot is won with the start of a symbol change, and suspends the start of the symbol change until the change start condition is satisfied. The effect means includes an effect means and an effect control means for controlling the effect means to execute a plurality of effects. The effect means includes an image display means, and a display area of the image display means includes a design. The first display area where the first display corresponding to the symbol change is displayed while the change is pending, and the second display area where the second display corresponding to the symbol change is displayed while the symbol change is being executed. The first display and the second display are included, and suggest the winning expectation of the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode, and are displayed in the first display area with the start of the symbol variation. The first effect performed when the first display is moved to the second display area is a third display having the same display as the image constituting at least a part of the first display. A gaming machine is provided, which is displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a display mode different from that of the first display.

According to the present invention, the first effect is that the second display (so-called hold display) changes as a result of the operation of the third display having the same identity as the image constituting the first display (so-called hold display). Since the production mode is novel, a gaming machine that can give a strong impression to the player is provided.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the gaming machine. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a symbol display device arranged in the region II shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a bird's-eye view showing a group of operation buttons arranged in the region III shown in FIG. 1 and their surroundings. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a game board installed in the game machine. FIG. 5 is a rear view of the gaming machine. 6 (a) to 6 (c) are views showing the movable position of the effect shielding body 85. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control configuration included in the gaming machine. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the gaming machine. 9 (a) is a lottery table for determining whether or not the special figure is correct, FIG. 9 (b) is a lottery table for special figure 1 stop symbol lottery, and FIG. 9 (c) is a special figure 2 stop symbol lottery. It is a figure which shows typically the lottery table of. FIG. 10A shows a lottery table for deriving the special figure fluctuation pattern at the time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA, and FIG. 10B shows the special figure variation used when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined. It is a figure which shows schematically the lottery table for pattern derivation. FIG. 11A is a state transition diagram showing the transition of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state, and FIG. 11B is a diagram showing the relationship of the average fluctuation time for each special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state. It is a figure which shows each display area of the main display part 81. FIG. 13 (1) is a diagram showing the degree of expectation of winning a jackpot related to a normal hold icon and a variable icon, and FIG. 13 (2) is a diagram showing the degree of expectation of winning a big hit related to a horse icon and other hold icons. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display unit 81 in the symbol variation. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display unit 81 in the symbol variation. FIG. 16-1 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display unit 81 in the symbol variation. FIG. 16-2 is a diagram showing a display mode of the main display unit 81 in the symbol variation. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a time chart of the display mode of the main display unit 81 in the symbol variation. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flow of a winning effect determination process. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a horse hold effect determination process. FIG. 20A is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining the final reserved color, and FIG. 20B is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggestion target. FIG. 21 (a) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a pseudo-variation suggesting a hold change, and FIG. 21 (b) is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a hold color immediately after the start of change. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a flow of effect determination processing at the start of fluctuation. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a flow of horse rampage effect determination processing. FIG. 24A is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggestion target, and FIG. 24B is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table used for determining a suggested reserved color.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate. Further, in the following description, "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper", and "lower" mean that the gaming machine 10 is on the front side (player side) as shown in FIG. 1 unless otherwise specified. ) Shall be designated.
In the following description, "advantage (advantage)" means that it is advantageous to the player, and unless otherwise specified, the prize ball (game) except for the production side such as the so-called premier image. It means that it is advantageous in terms of the amount of acquisition (medium) (including not only the payout of game balls but also the payout of medals).

<Characteristics of the present invention>
Before explaining the details of the gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment, the features of the invention (the present invention) described in the present embodiment will be described.
In explaining the feature, the configuration in parentheses exemplifies the configuration of the present embodiment corresponding to the immediately preceding configuration, and in the description of the gaming machine 10 after the explanation, the configuration in parentheses is used for the same purpose. The configuration may be described in.

The present invention
A gaming machine that executes a hit / fail judgment to determine whether or not a jackpot is won with the start of a symbol change, and suspends the start of the symbol change until the change start condition is satisfied.
Directing means and
An effect control means (first sub-control board 200) that controls the effect means to execute a plurality of types of effects, and
Equipped with
The effect means includes an image display means (main display unit 81).
In the display area of the image display means, there is a first display area (hold icon display area 812) in which the first display (hold icon) corresponding to the symbol change is displayed while the symbol change is on hold, and execution of the symbol change. A second display area (variable icon display area 813) in which a second display (variable icon) corresponding to the symbol variation is displayed is included.
The first display and the second display suggest the winning expectation of the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode.
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the symbol variation constitutes at least a part of the first display. The third display (CA1) having the same display as the image was displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a display mode different from that of the first display. (FIGS. 14 (c) to 15 (f)).
It is a gaming machine characterized by this.

Here, "the third display having the same display as the image constituting at least a part of the first display" means that the third display is a feature that is visible (appearing) from the first display. I agree that I am taking over. More specifically, when (a) the third display is a display in which the image related to the character constituting at least a part of the first display is changed within a range that can be visually recognized as the same character, (b) third. When the display is a display in which the image related to the item constituting at least a part of the first display is changed within a range that can be visually recognized as the same item, (c) the third display displays at least a part of the first display. When the image related to the constituent text is a display that has changed within the range that can be visually recognized as the same text, when at least one of them is satisfied, "the image and the display that constituted at least a part of the first display" It may be treated as a "third display having the same identity". Conversely, within the range that satisfies the above (a), (b), and (c), the third display is allowed to change in shape, color, size, etc. as compared with the first display. To.
Similarly, the "fourth display having the same display as the third display" agrees that the fourth display inherits the visible (appearance) features from the third display, and is the same as above. (A) Within the range that satisfies the same conditions as (b) and (c), the fourth display is allowed to change in shape, color, and size as compared with the third display.
However, it is preferable in the practice of the present invention that the feature inherited from the first display to the third display and the feature inherited from the third display to the fourth display are common, but they do not necessarily have to be common. In other words, the present invention allows that the first and fourth indications do not have visible (appearance) features.

According to the present invention, the first effect is that the second display (so-called hold display) changes as a result of the operation of the third display having the same identity as the image constituting the first display (so-called hold display). Since the production mode is novel, it can give a strong impression to the player.

The gaming machine 10 having the above characteristics will be specifically described based on the following embodiments.

<About the structure of the gaming machine 10>
First, the structure of the gaming machine 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.
1 is a front view of the gaming machine 10, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a symbol display device 90 arranged in the region II shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the symbol display device 90 arranged in the region III shown in FIG. It is a bird's-eye view which shows the set operation button group and its surroundings, FIG. 4 is a figure which shows the game board 50 installed in a game machine 10, and FIG. 5 is a rear view of the game machine 10.
It should be noted that the configurations shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 merely list what is necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and configurations and functions (not shown here) are added to the gaming machine 10. You may. Further, the gaming machine 10 does not necessarily have all of the configurations shown here, and some configurations or functions may be omitted as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired.

The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment is a so-called pachinko machine, and launches a gaming ball into a front region (hereinafter referred to as “gaming region 50a”) of a gaming board 50 in which a large number of gaming nails (not shown) are erected. However, when a game ball enters a winning opening (for example, a large winning opening 55 or the like), a winning ball is obtained. In the following description, the entry of a game ball into the winning opening may be simply expressed as "winning (to the winning opening)".

The gaming machine 10 is configured to cover a rectangular frame-shaped outer frame 15 that opens back and forth, an inner frame 17 that detachably holds the gaming board 50 on the front side of the opening of the outer frame 15, and the front side of the gaming board 50. The front frame 20 and the front frame 20 are provided.

The middle frame 17 is rotatably supported around the left end side by a hinge mechanism (not shown) on the same side as the hinge mechanism 21, and can be opened and closed on the front side of the outer frame 15. The middle frame 17 is locked and unlocked by the cylinder lock 23 (the door key is inserted into the cylinder lock 23, and the door key is moved in the direction opposite to the unlocking direction of the front frame 20 (right in this embodiment). (Turn) is possible.

The front frame 20 is rotatably supported around the left end side by the hinge mechanism 21 and can be opened and closed with respect to the middle frame 17. The front frame 20 is locked and unlocked by the cylinder lock 23 (the door key is inserted into the cylinder lock 23, and the door key is turned in the direction opposite to the unlocking direction of the middle frame 17 (left in this embodiment). ) Is possible.
Further, the front frame 20 includes a transparent member 25 arranged so as to cover the game area 50a, and the transparent member 25 transparently protects the game area 50a and the game board 50.
Further, the front frame 20 includes an upper ball saucer 27 and a lower ball saucer 29 for storing game balls, and the upper ball saucer 27 and the lower ball saucer 29 are vertically separated from each other and integrally provided with the front frame 20. ..
Further, the front frame 20 is provided with an operation handle 31 on the right side of the lower ball tray 29, and the game ball stored in the upper ball tray 27 is launched toward the game area 50a by the rotation operation of the operation handle 31. It has become like.

Although not shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the middle frame 17 includes a middle frame door opening sensor 76 that detects whether the middle frame 17 is open or closed with respect to the outer frame 15. It also has a front frame opening sensor 77 that detects whether the front frame 20 is in an open state or a closed state with respect to the middle frame 17. In the present embodiment, all of these door open sensors are turned on in the open state and turned off in the closed state. However, these door open sensors may be configured to be turned off in the open state and turned on in the closed state.
As a result, the gaming machine 10 can detect both the open / closed state of the middle frame 17 with respect to the outer frame 15 and the open / closed state of the front frame 20 with respect to the middle frame 17.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a group of operation buttons operated by the player is arranged on the upper surface of the upper ball tray 27. This operation button group is provided with a ball lending button 39a and a return button 39b for accepting a prepaid card return operation as a main operation unit 39 electrically connected to the main control board 100 described later, and is described later. 1 As an operation unit electrically connected to the sub-control board 200, an effect button capable of switching an effect generated during a game or receiving an operation of a player performed to obtain various information related to the game machine 10. 37, and cursor buttons 38 (up cursor button 38a, down cursor button 38b, left cursor button 38c, right cursor button 38d, middle cursor button 38e) for instructing operations to move up, down, left, and right, respectively. included. Each operation unit is provided with a sensor for detecting the operation, and the control board to be connected detects the operation of each operation unit by changing the detection state of the sensor.
Further, the upper cursor button 38a and the lower cursor button 38b are used to adjust the volume of the sound output from the speaker 33 described later, and the left cursor button 38c and the right cursor button 38d are the frame lamp 35 and the effect display described later. In order to adjust the brightness of the device 80 and the like, the middle cursor button 38e is operated to determine these adjustment results.
Further, on the side of the upper ball tray 27, a movable decorative body 22 operated by an actuator such as a motor (not shown) is provided.

At the lower part of the lower ball tray 29, a ball removing mechanism 36 is provided to discharge the game balls stored in the lower ball tray 29 downward. By operating the ball removing mechanism 36, a bottom opening (not shown) formed on the bottom surface of the lower ball tray 29 is opened, and the game ball is naturally dropped and discharged from the bottom opening.
Although not shown, the upper ball receiving tray 27 is provided with a mechanism for moving the stored ball to the lower ball receiving tray 29 by operating the same as the ball removing mechanism 36, and this mechanism and the ball removing are provided. By operating both of the mechanisms 36, it becomes possible to discharge the stored sphere.

As shown in FIG. 1, a pair of speakers 33 (33a, 33b) are arranged on the left side and the right side of the upper frame portion 32 of the front frame 20, respectively. Further, the upper frame portion 32 and the left and right side frame portions 34a and 34b of the front frame 20 are formed by a light transmitting cover, and frame lamps 35 (35a, 35b, 35c) are arranged inside the upper frame portion 32 and the left and right side frame portions 34a and 34b, respectively. There is. The speaker 33 and the frame lamp 35 can output, turn on, or turn off the sound in conjunction with the effect generated during the game, the error effect, and the like.

The effect display device 80 includes a main display unit 81 arranged substantially in the center of the game board 50, and a sub display unit 82 arranged around the main display unit 81. The sub-display unit 82 further includes an upper sub-display unit 82a arranged above the main display unit 81, a left sub-display unit 82b arranged on the left side of the main display unit 81, and a main display unit 81. The right sub-display unit 82c, which is arranged on the right side of the above, is included.
Here, the main display unit 81 is a fixed liquid crystal display device, and the upper sub display unit 82a, the left sub display unit 82b, and the right sub display unit 82c are movable liquid crystal displays operated by an actuator such as a motor (not shown). It is a display device.

The main display unit 81 can display the variation display of the symbol string performed in conjunction with the variation display in the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92, which will be described later, and further various other effects. Can also be displayed.
In the variable display of the symbol sequence (decorative symbol) displayed on the main display unit 81, the displayed decorative symbol forms three symbol sequences. The direction of the variable display of each symbol row is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a vertical direction, a horizontal direction, a depth direction, or a combination thereof (diagonal direction).
Here, the depth direction is actually a two-dimensional variable display on the display screen of the main display unit 81, but the symbol row is in the front direction or the opposite direction from the back side of the main display unit 81. It refers to a virtual direction recognized by the player in a display mode using a method (for example, perspective method) for recognizing as if the display is variable.
Further, the decorative symbols in the present embodiment include "1 symbol" imitating the number "1", "2 symbols" imitating the number "2", and "3 symbols" imitating the number "3". "4 symbols" imitating the number "4", "5 symbols" imitating the number "5", "6 symbols" imitating the number "6", "7 symbols" imitating the number "7" , "8 symbols" imitating the number "8", and "9 symbols" imitating the number "9", and these symbols are provided in each symbol row. In the following description, "1 symbol", "3 symbols", "5 symbols", "7 symbols", and "9 symbols" are collectively referred to as "odd symbols", and "2 symbols" and "4 symbols". , "6 symbols" and "8 symbols" may be collectively referred to as "even symbols".

Each of the sub-display units 82 is not only provided mainly for displaying an effect image related to the effect, but is also configured to be movable.
In each initial position, the upper sub display unit 82a is on the upper side with respect to the main display unit 81, the left sub display unit 82b is on the left side with respect to the main display unit 81, and the right sub display unit 82c is the main display. It is on the right side with respect to the unit 81, and each of the sub-display units 82 is configured to be movable from these initial positions to a position overlapping the display area of the decorative symbol in the main display unit 81.

A liquid crystal display device is adopted for the effect display device 80 (main display unit 81, upper sub display unit 82a, left sub display unit 82b, right sub display unit 82c) in the present embodiment, as a matter of course. It is a device capable of displaying images (still images and moving images).

An effect shielding body 85 is arranged between the main display unit 81 and the sub display unit 82. Further, the effect shield 85 is composed of an upper left effect shield 85a, an upper right effect shield 85b, a lower left effect shield 85c, and a lower right effect shield 85d, which will be described in detail later, but these are interlocked with each other. It is configured to be movable in a direction that shields the main display unit 81.

A plurality of light emitting diodes (hereinafter, abbreviated as "LED") are arranged on the lower right side of the main display unit 81, and these LEDs constitute a display area of the symbol display device 90. The symbol display device 90 displays a special symbol and a normal symbol.
Further, the symbol display device 90 is arranged at a position that is harder for the player to see than the main display unit 81, and the display area of the symbol display device 90 is smaller than the display area of the main display unit 81. ..
The arrangement and number of LEDs related to the symbol display device 90 in the present embodiment are as shown in FIG. 2, but this is an example, and the arrangement and number of LEDs related to the symbol display device 90 are limited to this example. It is not something that will be done.

The special symbol is a symbol that is stopped and displayed as a result of a symbol change that determines whether or not to operate the special electric accessory (for example, the special electric accessory 65). The special symbol in the present embodiment includes a first special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display device 91 and a second special symbol displayed on the second special symbol display device 92.
The special symbol may be abbreviated as "special symbol", the first special symbol may be abbreviated as "special diagram 1", and the second special symbol may be abbreviated as "special diagram 2".

The ordinary symbol is a symbol that is stopped and displayed as a result of the symbol variation that determines whether or not to operate the ordinary electric accessory (for example, the ordinary electric accessory 61). The ordinary symbol in this embodiment is displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 93.
In addition, the ordinary design may be abbreviated as "genuine figure", and the ordinary electric accessory may be referred to as "electric chew".

In addition to the above-mentioned display device, the symbol display device 90 is provided with a first special symbol hold lamp 94, a second special symbol hold lamp 95, and a normal symbol hold lamp 96.
The first special symbol hold lamp 94 can specify the number of symbol fluctuations of the special figure 1 that is held, and the second special symbol hold lamp 95 can specify the number of symbol changes of the special figure 2 that is held. The normal symbol holding lamp 96 makes it possible to specify the number of symbol fluctuations of the reserved normal symbol, and both of them have two LED lighting modes (in this embodiment, right constant lighting only = 1 and left and right constant lighting =). 2. The number of corresponding symbol fluctuations can be specified by blinking on the right side + constantly lighting on the left side = 3, blinking left and right = 4).

In the following description, the symbol variation in which the special symbol is stopped and displayed after the special symbol is variablely displayed on the first special symbol display device 91 or the second special symbol display device 92 is referred to as "special symbol symbol variation" and is referred to as the following. In the description, the symbol variation in which the normal symbol display device 93 is variable-displayed and then the normal symbol is stopped and displayed may be referred to as "regular symbol symbol variation".
Further, in the following description, the variation display of the symbol string (decorative symbol) displayed on the above-mentioned main display unit 81 is distinguished from the "special symbol symbol variation" and the "normal symbol symbol variation" and is "decorative symbol". It may be called "design variation".
In the following description, the term "design variation" simply means the symbol variation of the special symbol unless otherwise specified.

As shown in FIG. 4, obstacles such as a large number of game nails (not shown), a windmill 52, and decorative members are arranged on the front surface of the game board 50 so that the launched game ball rolls. The game area 50a is defined in.
Further, on the left side and the upper side of the game area 50a, curved outer rails 51 and inner rails 53 provided for guiding the game ball launched by the rotation operation of the operation handle 31 to the upper part of the game area 50a are arranged. Has been done. The outer rail 51 is located outside the inner rail 53 with respect to the center of the game area 50a. Here, the windmill 52 is a mechanism for giving a change in the falling direction of the game ball, and refers to a nail-shaped one.

The game machine 10 can adjust the launch strength of the game ball depending on the magnitude of the rotation operation amount (for example, the rotation angle) of the operation handle 31, and the first flow path in which the weakly launched game ball rolls. Various obstacles are placed in the game area 50a so that the game ball rolls in either X (so-called left-handed) or the second flow path Y (so-called right-handed) in which the more strongly launched game ball rolls. Have been placed. Although not shown, the operation handle 31 is provided with a touch sensor for determining whether or not the player is operating.

FIG. 4 illustrates the large winning opening 55, the first starting opening 57, the second starting opening 59, the gate 63, and the general winning opening 67 as the main winning openings, but the illustrated winning openings are examples. Therefore, the number and arrangement thereof may be changed as appropriate.

The large winning opening 55 is arranged at the lower right of the game area 50a. A large prize opening sensor 72 is attached to the large winning opening 55, and the number of winnings to the large winning opening 55 is determined based on the detection result of the large winning opening sensor 72 and is associated with the large winning opening 55 (books). In the embodiment, the prize ball of 15) is given.
In this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the first flow path X, more game balls roll toward the large winning opening 55 when rolling from the second flow path Y. Each obstacle is placed.

A special electric accessory 65 is arranged above the large winning opening 55. The special electric accessory 65 is a member that commutatively transitions to an open state in which it is easy to win a prize in the large winning opening 55 or a closed state in which it is difficult to enter a ball, and is opened or closed by the special electric accessory solenoid 66. Transition to one of the states.
More specifically, the special electric accessory 65 is opened in at least a part of the big hit game set due to the fact that the big hit is derived by the special figure hit / fail judgment described later, and the big hit is accompanied by this. Winning to the winning opening 55 is allowed. In this way, when the special electric accessory 65 is in the open state, it is easy to win a prize in the big prize opening 55, so that the big hit game in which the chance of winning a prize ball is greatly increased is an advantageous game state. It can be said that.
In the jackpot game, the open state and the closed state of the special electric accessory 65 are alternately set, and one open state (sometimes referred to as a "round"), the total number of rounds generated by one jackpot is "the number of rounds". (In some cases, it may be referred to as) is terminated based on a predetermined number (10 in this embodiment) of game balls winning in the large winning opening 55, and the special electric accessory 65 is closed. ..
It should be noted that the one open state ends even when a predetermined number of game balls have passed a sufficient time (30 s (seconds) in this embodiment) to win the big winning opening 55. do.
Here, when the special electric accessory 65 is set from the open state to the closed state based on the winning of 10 game balls in one round, it cannot be immediately closed. Therefore, in one round, a game ball having more than 10 balls may win a prize in the large winning opening 55, and the winning may be referred to as an over winning.

The first starting port 57 is arranged in the lower center of the game area 50a. A first starting port sensor 70 is attached to the first starting port 57, and a prize is determined to win the first starting port 57 based on the detection result of the first starting port sensor 70, and the first starting port 57 is associated with the first starting port 57. The given number of prize balls (4 in this embodiment) will be awarded. In at least a part of the case where the winning of the first starting port 57 is determined, the symbol change of the special figure 1 is performed.
In the game area 50a according to the present embodiment, more game balls are directed toward the first starting port 57 when the game is rolled from the first flow path X, as compared with the case where the game area 50a is rolled from the second flow path Y. It is assumed that obstacles such as game nails are arranged so as to roll.

The second starting port 59 is arranged at the lower right of the game area 50a. A second starting port sensor 71 is attached to the second starting port 59, and the winning result of the second starting port sensor 71 determines that the second starting port 59 has won a prize, and is associated with the second starting port 59. The given number of prize balls (1 in this embodiment) will be awarded.
In at least a part of the case where the winning of the second starting port 59 is determined, the symbol change of the special figure 2 is performed.
In the game area 50a according to the present embodiment, more game balls are directed toward the second starting port 59 when the game is rolled from the second flow path Y than when the game area 50a is rolled from the first flow path X. It is assumed that obstacles such as game nails are arranged so as to roll.

An ordinary electric accessory 61 is arranged in the flow path connected to the second starting port 59. The ordinary electric accessory 61 is a member that commutatively transitions to the second starting port 59 into an open state in which it is easy to enter the game ball or a closed state in which it is difficult to enter the game ball, and the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 62. Transitions to either an open state or a closed state.
More specifically, the ordinary electric accessory 61 is opened in at least a part of the game per normal figure that is won by the symbol change of the normal figure, and a prize is given to the second starting port 59 accordingly. Is acceptable. In this way, when the ordinary electric accessory 61 is in the open state, it is easy to win a prize in the second starting port 59, so that the symbol of the special figure 2 changes while suppressing the decrease of the game ball by the prize ball. Opportunities to be carried out can be greatly increased.

The gate 63 is arranged in the right center portion of the game area 50a. A gate sensor 74 is attached to the gate 63, and the winning result to the gate 63 is determined based on the detection result of the gate sensor 74. In at least a part of the case where the winning of the gate 63 is determined, the pattern of the normal figure is changed.
In addition, in this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the first flow path X, each obstacle so that many game balls roll toward the gate 63 when rolling from the second flow path Y. Things are arranged.

The general winning opening 67 is arranged at the lower left of the game area 50a. A general winning opening sensor 73 is attached to the general winning opening 67, and a winning result to the general winning opening 67 is determined based on the detection result of the general winning opening sensor 73, and the number associated with the general winning opening 67 ( In this embodiment, the prize ball of 4) is given.
In this embodiment, as compared with the case of rolling from the second flow path Y, more game balls roll toward the general winning opening 67 when rolling from the first flow path X. Although each obstacle is arranged, each obstacle may be arranged so that many game balls roll toward the general winning opening 67 when rolling from the second flow path Y. .. Further, a plurality of general winning openings 67 may be provided.

The out port 69 is arranged at the bottom of the game area 50a. A game ball that has been driven into the game area 50a and has not entered each of the above-mentioned winning openings falls into the out opening 69 and is processed as an out ball.
In this embodiment, an out ball sensor 75 (not shown) for detecting a game ball (hereinafter referred to as an “out ball”) that has entered the winning opening and the out opening is provided.

In addition to the above-mentioned sensors, the game board 50 also includes a magnetic detection sensor for detecting magnetism and a radio wave detection sensor for detecting radio waves in order to prevent fraudulent acts of receiving prize balls. (Not shown) is provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the back surface of the game board 50, a main control board case 109 in which the main control board 100 is stored, a first sub control board case 209 in which the first sub control board 200 is housed, and a second sub The second sub control board case 309 in which the control board 300 is stored, the power control board case 509 in which the power control board 500 is housed, and the payout control board case 409 in which the payout control board 400 is housed are mounted, and the first sub is mounted. In addition to the back surfaces of the control board case 209 and the second sub control board case 309, an opening / closing cover 45 that covers a part of the back surface of the main control board case 109 is detachably attached.
The main control board 100 is provided with a RAM clear switch 43.
Further, the substrate case and the cover covering each substrate are composed of transparent members, and the corresponding substrate can be visually recognized through each case and the cover.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, on the first sub-control board 200, a volume adjusting unit 83 operated for volume adjustment and a brightness adjusting unit 84 operated for brightness adjustment are provided. .. The first sub-control board case 209 houses the first sub-control board 200 so as to expose the volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit 84 to the outside, and the opening / closing cover 45 is the volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit. It is installed so as to avoid 84. Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 5, that is, in the state where the first sub-control board 200 is stored in the first sub-control board case 209 and the open / close cover 45 is attached, the volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit 84 Operation is possible.
The volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit 84 are so-called rotary switches, and in the present embodiment, the volume adjusting unit 83 is adjusted to any one of three stages of high volume, medium volume, and low volume. It is possible to adjust the brightness adjusting unit 84 to any one of three stages of high brightness, medium brightness, and low brightness. The volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit 84 are not limited to the rotary switch, and a slide type switch may be adopted. Further, the volume adjusting unit 83 and the brightness adjusting unit 84 may be switches provided on a board different from the first sub control board 200 as long as they are electrically connected to the first sub control board 200. .. Further, as long as it is provided on the back side of the game board 50, the installation position thereof does not matter.

The power supply control board 500 generates a normal power supply circuit 501 and a backup power supply that generate a normal power supply to be supplied to electronic parts and electric parts such as the above-mentioned control board based on the primary power supply supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island. It is composed of a backup power supply circuit 502 and a power failure detection circuit 503 that detects a power failure (the supply voltage of a normal power supply becomes a predetermined voltage drop).
Further, on the premise that the power supply switch 40 is connected to the power supply control board 500 and the primary power is supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island, when the power supply switch 40 is turned on, the power supply control board 500 A normal power supply is generated by the normal power supply circuit 501, and power is supplied to electronic components and electric components including the above-mentioned control boards (main control board 100, first sub control board 200, second sub control board 300, and payout control board 400). Is supplied.
Further, in the power supply control board 500, when the power failure is detected by the power failure detection circuit 503, the power failure signal (NMI signal) is transmitted to the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400, respectively. Send to.
Further, the backup power supply circuit 502 has a mechanism to be charged when power is supplied to the gaming machine 10 from the power supply equipment of the gaming island.
The backup power supply circuit 502 may be provided on the payout control board 400, or the power failure detection circuit 503 may not be provided on the power supply control board 500, and the main control board 100, the first sub-control board 200, and the payout control board may be provided. It may be provided in each of 400.

Further, on the back surface of the game board 50, a game ball tank 46 for storing game balls supplied from the ball supply facility of the game island is arranged above the opening / closing cover 45. The game ball tank 46 is further connected to a payout passage 49 connected to the upper ball tray 27 via a tank rail 47 and a payout unit 48, and the ball paid out by the payout unit 48 passes through the payout passage 49. It is paid out to the upper ball saucer 27.

Although the structure of the gaming machine 10 in the present embodiment has been described so far, these are specific examples, and the present invention can be implemented by another configuration.

<About the operation of the production shield 85>
Next, the operation of the effect shield 85 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (a) to 6 (c). 6 (a) to 6 (c) are views showing the movable position of the effect shielding body 85.
As described above, the effect shielding body 85 is composed of the upper left effect shielding body 85a, the upper right effect shielding body 85b, the lower left effect shielding body 85c, and the lower right effect shielding body 85d. The state in which the shield 85 is in the initial position is shown. At that position, substantially the entire display area related to the main display unit 81 can be visually recognized.
FIG. 6B shows a state in which a part (about 30% of the whole) of the display area related to the main display unit 81 is covered by the effect shielding body 85.
FIG. 6C shows a state in which the entire display area related to the main display unit 81 is covered by the effect shielding body 85 (a state in which the display area related to the main display unit 81 is shielded). ..
As described above, the upper left effect shield 85a, the upper right effect shield 85b, the lower left effect shield 85c, and the lower right effect shield 85d operate in conjunction with each other in the plane direction of the display area related to the main display unit 81. In the following description, the position of the effect shielding body 85 shown in FIG. 6A is shown in the original position, the position of the effect shielding body 85 shown in FIG. 6B is shown in the first operation position, and FIG. 6C is shown. The position of the effect shield 85 may be referred to as a second operation position.
Further, the "covering" in the present embodiment means that the covering (in the present embodiment, the effect shielding body 85) is covered in front of the covering (in the present embodiment, the display area related to the main display unit 81). It means that a part or all of the covered object is invisible or difficult to see because the object is located and covered between the player side and the object.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the upper left effect shield 85a has a convex portion imitating the character "heaven" on the surface of the front side (front side when the main display portion 81 side is defined as the back side). The upper right effect shield 85b has a convex portion imitating the character "lower" on the front surface, and the lower left effect shield 85c imitates the character "none" on the front surface. The lower right effect shield 85d has a convex portion, and the lower right effect shield 85d has a convex portion imitating the character “double” on the front surface. The shape of the front side (player side) of the effect shield 85 is not limited to the shape of the present embodiment, and any shape may be adopted, but in the present embodiment, the effect shield 85 is the second operation. The position makes the entire shape visible.

<Regarding the control configuration of the gaming machine 10>
Next, the control configuration included in the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 7. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control configuration included in the gaming machine 10. The control configuration shown in FIG. 7 is necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and the gaming machine 10 may have a control configuration (not shown in FIG. 7).

The main control board 100 includes a CPU 101 that performs various arithmetic processes related to the game, a ROM 102 that stores data such as a control program and various lottery tables, a RAM 103 that functions as a work area or a buffer memory that serves as a temporary storage area, and a peripheral board. It is equipped with an I / O port 104 that inputs and outputs signals to and from each device, and a random number circuit 105 that operates in a system different from the program processing by the CPU 101 to generate random numbers (hard random numbers). Are interconnected via an internal bus.

The CPU 101 reads various control programs stored in the ROM 102 and performs arithmetic processing to execute various processes related to the main control of the game.
The RAM 103 is backed up by a backup power source generated in a backup power supply circuit described later. Specifically, among the information stored in the RAM 103, various information such that the gaming machine 10 can be restored in the state immediately before the power failure is backed up by using the data at the time of power recovery after the power failure occurs. It is configured in. For example, in addition to the data such as the stack pointer and each register held when the power failure occurred, the state of the gaming machine 10 at that time (game stopped state or game available state), the current special drawing lottery state, and the current state. Information related to the game, such as the general drawing lottery status of the game, is backed up.

In the present embodiment, at least, in addition to the area in which the information related to such a game is stored (may be referred to as the area related to the game of RAM 103), the complement of the checksum relating to the area related to the game of RAM 103 and the complement of the checksum. The area in which the backup flag is stored (may be referred to as the backup information area related to the game of RAM 103) is backed up. Then, at the time of power recovery, the gaming machine 10 returns using various information stored in the backed up area related to the game of the RAM 103 and the backup information area related to the game of the RAM 103.
There are no restrictions on the specific backup method in this embodiment. For example, the area of the RAM 103 to be backed up may be realized with a configuration in which data can be held non-volatilely even in a power failure state. As another example, among the RAM 103, different hardware is provided between the first memory, which is configured to be able to hold data non-volatilely even in a power failure state, and the second memory, which is referred to when the game machine 10 operates. In that case, the gaming machine 10 saves the information to be backed up from the second memory to the first memory at the time of power failure, and saves the saved information from the first memory at the time of power recovery. (2) Recovery to memory is sufficient.

Further, the main control board 100 includes a first start port sensor 70, a second start port sensor 71, a large winning opening sensor 72, a general winning opening sensor 73, a gate sensor 74, an out ball sensor 75, a middle frame opening sensor 76, and the like. It is electrically connected to the front frame opening sensor 77 and the like, and is configured to be able to input detection signals from these sensors to the CPU 101 via the I / O port 104. Although not shown, the main control board 100 is also electrically connected to a full tank detection sensor, a magnetic detection sensor, and a radio wave detection sensor in addition to these sensors, and is electrically connected via the I / O port 104. , The detection signals from these sensors can be input to the CPU 101.

Further, the main control board 100 includes a first special symbol display device 91, a second special symbol display device 92, a normal symbol display device 93, a first special symbol hold lamp 94, a second special symbol hold lamp 95, and a normal symbol hold lamp. 96, it is electrically connected to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 62 and the special electric accessory solenoid 66, and these are configured to be controllable via the I / O port 104.
Similarly, the main control board 100 is electrically connected to the main operation unit 39 and the RAM clear switch 43, and is configured to be able to detect the operation of the main operation unit 39.

The main control board 100 and the first sub control board 200 are connected by eight parallel signal lines and one strobe line, and are single from the main control board 100 to the first sub control board 200. It is connected so that it can communicate only in the direction, and various effect control commands are transmitted from the main control board 100 to the first sub control board 200.
It should be noted that data cannot be transmitted from the first sub-control board 200 to the main control board 100, and the first sub-control board 200 cannot request data transmission from the main control board 100. It is configured in.
Further, in the present embodiment, the parallel transmission method is adopted for data transmission from the main control board 100 to the first sub-control board 200, but a serial transmission method may be adopted.

The first sub-control board 200 is a CPU 201 that performs various arithmetic processes related to the game effect based on the effect control command from the main control board 100, a ROM 202 that stores data such as an effect control program and various lottery tables, and a temporary storage area. It includes a RAM 203 that functions as a work area or buffer memory, and an I / O port 204 that inputs and outputs signals between peripheral boards and devices. These are connected to each other via an internal bus, and the CPU 201 is ROM 202. It is configured to execute the main control related to the game production according to the control program stored in.
The first sub-control board 200 is electrically connected to the effect button 37 and the cursor button 38, and is configured to be able to detect the operation of the operation unit.

Further, the first sub-control board 200 instructs an image control command for instructing an image to be displayed on the second sub-control board 300 and an adjustment of brightness in the effect control process based on the effect control command from the main control board 100. Brightness adjustment command, voice control command to instruct the voice to be output to the voice control board 310, volume adjustment command to instruct to adjust the volume, lamp control data for controlling the lighting of various lamps such as the frame lamp 35, and movable decoration. It generates movable control data and the like for controlling the movement of movable bodies such as the body 22, the sub-display unit 82, and the effect shielding body 85.
Here, the first sub-control board 200 is connected to the second sub-control board 300 and the voice control board 310 so as to be capable of bidirectional communication, and each control command (image control command, brightness adjustment command, voice control command, etc.) The volume adjustment command) is transmitted from the first sub-control board 200 to the second sub-control board 300 or the voice control board 310, and as a response thereof, a response command (ACK command) indicating that the control command has been normally received. ) Is transmitted from each control board (second sub control board 300, voice control board 310) to the first sub control board 200.

Further, the first sub-control board 200 is electrically connected to the frame lamp 35, and the lamp control data is transmitted via the I / O port 204. The frame lamp 35 is configured so that the lighting is controlled by the lamp control data transmitted from the first sub-control board 200.
The lamp control data is generated according to the brightness determined based on the adjustment result by the operation of the brightness adjusting unit 84, the left cursor button 38c, and the right cursor button 38d. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the frame lamp 35 can be turned on with the brightness determined based on the adjustment result. The luminance in the present embodiment can be set in a range of 10 steps of luminance 1 to luminance 10, and the luminance is increased in this order. Further, each time the brightness is adjusted, the first sub-control board 200 issues a brightness adjustment command including data for specifying the adjusted brightness (hereinafter referred to as “luminance specifying data”) to the second sub-control board. Send towards 300. The adjusted brightness is also reflected in the brightness of the displayed image.

The second sub-control board 300 includes a CPU 301 that performs various arithmetic processes related to image production based on an image control command from the first sub-control board 200, a ROM 302 that stores an image control program, various data, and the like, and a temporary storage area. It is equipped with a RAM 303 that functions as a work area or buffer memory, and an I / O port 304 that inputs and outputs signals between peripheral boards and devices, and the CPU 301 produces images according to a control program stored in the ROM 302. It is configured to perform such primary controls.
In addition, although not shown, the second sub-control board 300 includes a VDP that generates image data according to the content of the effect determined by the effect content determining means 225, which will be described later, based on the control signal received from the CPU 301. It is equipped with a sound source IC that generates acoustic data according to the content of the effect based on the control signal received from the CPU 301. The VDP is a so-called image processor, which reads image data stored in an image ROM in response to an instruction from the CPU 301, and transmits the image data generated by image processing to the main display unit 81 and the sub display unit 82. do. Further, a high-speed VRAM used for developing and processing image data read from the image ROM is connected to this VDP.

The voice control board 310 includes a CPU 311 that performs various arithmetic processes related to voice production based on voice control commands from the first sub-control board 200, a ROM 312 that stores a voice control program, voice data, and the like, and a work that serves as a temporary storage area. It is equipped with a RAM 313 that functions as an area or buffer memory, and an I / O port 314 that inputs and outputs signals to and from peripheral boards and devices. It is configured to perform various controls. Therefore, the voice control board 310 reads the voice data stored in the ROM 312 in response to the voice control command received from the first sub-control board 200, synthesizes the read voice data, and finally synthesizes the voice data. Can be transmitted to the speaker 33 via the amplifier, and the speaker 33 can output sound.

The payout control board 400 is mainly composed of a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM (all of which are not shown).
Further, the payout control board 400 is connected to the main control board 100 so as to be bidirectionally communicable, and is controlled to drive the payout unit 48 to pay out the game ball based on the payout control command from the main control board 100. Is executed, and the ball feeding mechanism and the launching mechanism are synchronously driven based on the operation amount of the operation handle 31 to control the launching of the game ball.

The power supply control board 500 is a normal power supply circuit that generates a normal power supply to be supplied to electronic parts and electrical parts such as the above-mentioned control board, and a backup that generates a backup power supply, based on the primary power supply supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island. It is composed of a power supply circuit and a power failure detection circuit (both not shown) for detecting a power failure (the supply voltage of a normal power supply becomes a predetermined voltage drop).
Further, on the premise that the power supply switch 40 is connected to the power supply control board 500 and the primary power is supplied from the power supply equipment of the game island, when the power supply switch 40 is turned on, the power supply control board 500 A normal power supply is generated by a normal power supply circuit, and a power supply is supplied to electronic components and electric components including the above-mentioned control boards (main control board 100, first sub control board 200, second sub control board 300, and payout control board 400). Will be supplied.
Further, in the power supply control board 500, when the power failure is detected by the power failure detection circuit, the power failure signal (NMI signal) is transmitted to each of the main control board 100, the first sub control board 200, and the payout control board 400. Send.
Further, the backup power supply circuit has a mechanism of being charged when power is supplied to the gaming machine 10 from the power supply equipment of the gaming island.
The backup power supply circuit may be provided on the payout control board 400, or the power failure detection circuit may not be provided on the power supply control board 500, but the main control board 100, the first sub-control board 200, and the payout control board 400 may be provided. It may be provided in each.

<About the functional configuration of the gaming machine 10>
Next, the functional configuration of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration included in the gaming machine 10. The functional configuration shown in FIG. 8 is necessary for explaining the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment, and the gaming machine 10 may have a functional configuration (not shown in FIG. 8). Further, when explaining the functional configuration, FIGS. 9 to 11 will be referred to as necessary.

As shown in FIG. 8, the main control board 100 includes a ball entry determination means 110, a main random number generation means 115, a main hold control means 120, a preliminary determination means 125, a special figure lottery means 130, a normal figure lottery means 135, and a jackpot game. Control means 140, symbol display control means 145, electric accessory control means 150, game state control means 155, main information storage means 160, main error control means 165, main command management means 170, power recovery processing execution means 175, and electric power. The cutting process executing means 180 is provided, and these means functionally represent what is realized by each control configuration on the main control board 100 described with reference to FIG. 7.

The main information storage means 160 is a means for temporarily storing the data read by the means provided in the main control board 100, the data derived by the calculation in the means, and the like in the corresponding storage areas. .. In particular, the data (effect control command) stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160 is transmitted to the subcommand management means 270 of the first sub-control board 200, which will be described later, by the command transmission means after being stored. Will be done.

The ball entry determination means 110 determines the winning of each winning opening based on the detection result of the sensor provided in each winning opening.

The main random number generating means 115 can generate a plurality of types of random numbers having different update ranges depending on the random number circuit 105, and one or a plurality of random numbers corresponding to the winning opening from the random number circuit 105 at the timing when the winning opening is determined. Acquire (latch) a random number.
More specifically, when the first start port 57 or the second start port 59 is determined to win, the main random number generation means 115 will be described later, a random number for determining whether the special figure is correct or not, and a special figure stop symbol. Random numbers for lottery and random numbers for special figure fluctuation pattern lottery are acquired. When the winning of the gate 63 is determined, the random number for determining whether or not the normal figure is correct, the random number for the normal figure stop symbol lottery, and the random number for the normal figure fluctuation pattern lottery, which will be described later, correspond to the random numbers of the main information storage means 160. Store in the storage area.
The random number circuit 105 monitors whether or not a plurality of types of random numbers updated by itself are normally updated, and if an update abnormality occurs in which the random numbers are not updated normally, the random number circuit 105 has. Information indicating that the abnormality has occurred is written in a specific storage area. Therefore, the CPU 101 can grasp that the update abnormality of the random number circuit 105 has occurred.

The main hold control means 120 controls the hold of the symbol change of the special figure and the hold of the symbol change of the normal figure. Regarding the special figure 1, the random number for determining whether the special figure is correct, the random number for the special figure stop symbol lottery, and the random number for the special figure variation pattern lottery, which are acquired when the first starting port 57 is won, are specially selected. It is held (stored) as the operation hold information in FIG. 1.
More specifically, the main hold control means 120 is incremented by 1 each time the operation hold information of the special figure 1 is held, and the operation hold information of the special figure 1 is used (in the lottery of the special figure lottery means 130). A hold counter (hereinafter referred to as “special figure 1 hold counter”) that is decremented by 1 for each use) is provided, and the value of the special figure 1 hold counter is the upper limit (4 in the present embodiment). The operation hold information is stored in the storage area corresponding to the current special figure 1 hold counter of the main information storage means 160, and each time the operation hold information is used, the used operation hold information is cleared, and the remaining operation hold information is cleared. Control is performed to move (shift) the information from the current storage area to the storage area corresponding to the special figure 1 hold counter, which is one less than the current special figure 1 hold counter, in order from the smallest of the special figure 1 hold counters.
Further, the main hold control means 120 also performs the same control as the above-mentioned control for the special figure 2 and the normal figure separately from the special figure 1, and the hold counter of the special figure 2 is referred to as a special figure 2 hold counter.
Further, in the following description, "holding of operation hold information" may be expressed as "holding of symbol change".
Further, when the operation hold information (hold counter) of the special figure 1 or the special figure 2 is updated (added or subtracted), the main hold control means 120 includes an effect control including the special figure 1 hold counter and the special figure 2 hold counter. A command (pending command) is generated, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.
In the present embodiment, when both the operation hold information corresponding to the special figure 1 and the operation hold information corresponding to the special figure 2 are reserved, the operation hold information corresponding to the special figure 2 is given priority. The preferred variation used is made.

The pre-determination means 125 executes a pre-determination for a look-ahead effect targeting the operation hold information, at least in a part of the case where the operation hold information of the special figure is reserved at a predetermined pre-determination timing.
More specifically, the pre-judgment means 125 reads out each random number of the operation hold information held this time, and makes a pre-judgment for each of the special figure hit / miss judgment, the special figure stop symbol lottery, and the special figure fluctuation pattern lottery, which will be described later. Run. In each preliminary determination, a lottery table (not shown) that is the same as or equivalent to the lottery table used for the lottery corresponding to each preliminary determination is used. Therefore, the result of these preliminary determinations is the same as the result of the lottery executed later.
Further, the pre-determination means 125 generates an effect control command (pre-determination command) including the derived pre-determination result, and stores the command in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.
As described above, the pre-determination command is transmitted (generated and stored in the transmission command of the main information storage means 160) at least in the case where the operation hold information of the special figure is suspended at the predetermined pre-determination timing. Since it is stored in the area), it will be transmitted following the above-mentioned hold command. Here, the predetermined timing of the preliminary determination means that the game is not in the big hit game, and further, in the present embodiment, when the operation hold information of the special figure 1 is held during the high accuracy of the normal figure described later. Since the pre-judgment is regulated, the transmission of the pre-judgment command corresponding to the pre-judgment is also restricted.

The special figure lottery means 130 includes a special figure hit / miss determination means 131, a special figure stop symbol lottery means 132, and a special figure fluctuation pattern derivation means 133, and includes a special figure hit / miss determination means 131, a special figure stop symbol lottery means 132, and a special figure. The processing by each means is executed in the order of the variation pattern deriving means 133. When the change start condition of the special figure is satisfied, the special figure lottery means 130 reads out the earliest operation hold information among the operation hold information held in the main information storage means 160.
In addition, "the condition for starting the fluctuation of the special figure is satisfied" is, for example, that the jackpot is not in progress, that neither the special figure 1 nor the special figure 2 is in the symbol change, and that the special figure 1 and the special figure 2 are not in the process of changing the symbol. All the conditions for the presence of pending information in at least one of the conditions have been met.

Here, FIGS. 9 (a) to 9 (c), 10 (a), and 10 (b) are diagrams schematically showing a lottery table used in the main control board 100, and will be described below. Refer to as necessary in.
In addition, in the lottery using the lottery table including those other than these lottery tables, the lottery values stored in the lottery table are sequentially added to the read random numbers in a predetermined order (the target lottery value is one). In the case of, the number of additions is once), and the result corresponding to the lottery value in which the carry (overflow of digits) occurs is derived as the result of the lottery. Similarly, in the description of the lottery table, the lottery table is given a name for convenience of explanation, but if data such as the lottery value included in the lottery table corresponding to the name is identifiablely stored in each ROM. Often, these names do not specify the area where the data is stored. In the illustrated lottery table, items described for convenience of explanation and "-" and "0" may be described as lottery values, but these do not necessarily indicate the data stored in each ROM. is not it. Then, the result in which "-" or "0" is described as the lottery value is not won. Furthermore, if the same lottery value as the random number range used for the lottery (the number of random numbers that can be acquired in the range) is described in the lottery table, the result is 100% derived, so the lottery is not necessarily performed. You don't have to do it. In addition, if the total value of the lottery values used for one lottery matches the random number range used for the lottery, carry will always occur when the last lottery value is added, so the addition is not performed. Often, in that case, the lottery value itself used for the addition becomes unnecessary.

The special figure winning / failing determination means 131 reads a random number for determining whether the special figure is correct or not for each symbol change, and uses the read random number and the lottery table for determining whether the special figure is correct or not to win a big hit or a loss by lottery. Judgment Special figure Performs a hit / fail judgment.
FIG. 9A is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for determining whether or not a special figure is correct, and the lottery table is commonly used in special figures 1 and 2. Since the range of random numbers used in the determination is 0 to 65535, if the special figure lottery state has a low probability (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as "special figure low probability"), 230/65536 (about). When the jackpot is derived with the probability of 1 / 284.9) and the jackpot is not derived. It will be a loss.
Similarly, when the special figure lottery state has a high probability (hereinafter, may be abbreviated as "special figure high accuracy"), a big hit is derived with a probability of 499/65536 (about 1 / 131.3). If the jackpot is not derived, it will be a loss.

The special symbol stop symbol lottery means 132 reads out a random number for the special symbol stop symbol lottery when the result of the special figure stop symbol lottery is a big hit, and uses the read random number and the lottery table for the special symbol stop symbol lottery. The stop symbol of the special figure is decided by lottery.
FIG. 9B is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for the special figure 1 stop symbol lottery, and the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0 to 99. Therefore, when the jackpot is derived in Special Figure 1, the probability of 50/100 (1/2) is that of symbol A, and the probability of 40/100 (1 / 2.5) is that of symbol B, 10/100 (1). The symbol C is determined as a stop symbol with a probability of / 10).
Here, the symbol A has eight rounds, and after the big hit game is completed, the special symbol is low and the symbol is highly accurate, which will be described later (hereinafter, may be referred to as a "normal symbol", and the jackpot related to the symbol). May be referred to as "usually a big hit"). On the other hand, the symbol B has 9 rounds, and after the end of the big hit game, the special figure is high and the normal figure is high. It may be called "big hit"). Further, the symbol C has 16 rounds, and is a probabilistic symbol that has a high accuracy of a special figure and a high accuracy of a normal figure after the end of the big hit game. Therefore, it can be said that the symbol C is more advantageous than the symbol B in the number of rounds, and the symbol B and the symbol C are more advantageous than the symbol A in both the number of rounds and the subsequent special symbol lottery state.
FIG. 9C is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for the special figure 2 stop symbol lottery, and the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0 to 99 as in the special figure 1 stop symbol lottery. be. Therefore, when the jackpot is derived in Special Figure 2, the symbol a has a probability of 65/100 (about 1 / 1.53) and the symbol b has a probability of 35/100 (about 1 / 2.85). Determined as a symbol.
Here, the symbol a has 16 rounds and is a probabilistic symbol that becomes highly accurate after the big hit game, and the symbol b has 4 rounds and is special after the big hit game ends. It is a normal pattern with low accuracy and high accuracy. Therefore, it can be said that the symbol a is more advantageous than the symbol b in both the number of rounds and the subsequent special symbol lottery state.
In addition, in the special figure stop symbol lottery means 132, when the result of the special figure winning / failing determination is not a big hit, the symbol D is used as the stop symbol when the special figure 1 is lost, and the symbol c is used as the stop symbol when the special figure 2 is lost. In addition, in this embodiment, the ratio of the special figure high accuracy after the end of the big hit game according to the special figure 1 (50/100) and the ratio of the special figure high accuracy after the end of the big hit game according to the special figure 2 It is different from (65/100) (the symbol variation of the special figure 2 is more advantageous than the symbol variation of the special figure 1). Although details are omitted, the difference is that the game ball passes through the V winning area (not shown) provided in the large winning opening 55 during the big hit game (the sensor provided in the V winning area determines the game ball). (When detected), it has a function to make the special figure highly accurate after the big hit game is completed, and whether or not to provide a round (9th round in this embodiment) that makes it easy to pass through the V winning area is a stop symbol of the special figure. It is realized by changing by.

The special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 is provided with a plurality of types of special figure variation pattern lottery tables to be referred to when determining the special figure variation pattern, and is based on the current special figure variation pattern derivation state and the result of the current special figure variation pattern determination. Based on this, one special figure fluctuation pattern lottery table for determining the current special figure fluctuation pattern is selected, and one special figure is used by using the selected special figure fluctuation pattern lottery table and the random number for the special figure fluctuation pattern lottery. The figure fluctuation pattern is determined, and the fluctuation time is determined based on the determined special figure fluctuation pattern.
Although the details of the transition conditions and the like will be described later, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC in the present embodiment include the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA. exist. Then, the above-mentioned method for determining the special figure variation pattern is adopted in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and in the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, the special figure 2 As for the symbol variation of the other special symbol in each special symbol variation pattern derivation state, one special symbol variation pattern determined in advance is determined according to the result of the special symbol pass / fail determination.

FIG. 10A is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for deriving the special figure fluctuation pattern at the time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA, and the range of random numbers used in the lottery is 0 to 999. Therefore, if the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment is lost during the special figure change pattern derivation state PA, there is a probability of 900/1000 (about 1 / 1.11) that the special figure change pattern HNP, 52/1000 (about). The probability of special figure fluctuation pattern HRP with a probability of 1 / 19.2), HSP1-A with a probability of 13/1000 (about 1 / 76.9), and HSP1-B with a probability of 11/1000 (about 1 / 90.9). , 9/1000 (about 1/111) probability HSP2-A, 7/1000 (about 1/143) probability HSP2-B, 5/1000 (1/200) probability HSP3-A, 3 / HSP3-B is determined with a probability of 1000 (about 1/333). In this case, the special figure fluctuation patterns ASP1-A to the special figure fluctuation patterns ASP3-C are not determined. The details will be described later with reference to FIG. 10B, but when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined, the special figure fluctuation pattern is further changed by using the value of the special figure 1 hold counter at the start of the symbol change. Be identified.
If the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment is a big hit at the time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA, there is a probability of 90/1000 (about 1 / 11.1) that the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A, 110/1000 (about). Special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B with a probability of 1 / about 9.09), special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A, 165/1000 (about 1 / about 6.41) with a probability of 135/1000 (about 1 / 7.41). With a probability of 06), the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, with a probability of 180/1000 (about 1 / 5.56), with a probability of special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A, with a probability of 220/1000 (about 1 / 4.56). Figure variation pattern ASP3-B, special figure variation pattern ASP3-C is determined with a probability of 100/1000 (1/10). In this case, the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B are not determined.
In the description of the special figure fluctuation pattern of the present embodiment, when the two special figure fluctuation patterns are described with "~" in between, the order shown in FIG. 10 (a) or FIG. 10 (b) described later. Therefore, it is assumed that the description of the special map fluctuation pattern existing between the special map fluctuation pattern described in the foreground and the special map fluctuation pattern described later is omitted.
Further, although not shown, in the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC, as in the case of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure fluctuation is performed according to the result of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination. Lottery the pattern.

FIG. 10B is a diagram schematically showing a lottery table for deriving the special figure fluctuation pattern used when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined. As described above, in the lottery, the special figure 1 is reserved. The special figure fluctuation pattern is further specified using the value of the counter.
First, as shown in FIG. 10B, the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP includes a special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-A having a fluctuation time of 3200 ms (milliseconds), a special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-B having a fluctuation time of 5600 ms, and fluctuations. There is a special figure variation pattern HNP-C with a time of 8000 ms and a special figure variation pattern HNP-D with a variation time of 11200 ms, and the variation time is long in this order.
The range of random numbers used in this lottery (different from the random numbers used in the lottery related to the lottery table shown in FIG. 10A) is 0 to 999. Therefore, if the special figure 1 hold counter = 3 (hereinafter, may be referred to as “ho 3”) at the start of the symbol change, there is a probability of 1000/1000 (1/1) that the special figure change pattern HNP. -A is determined, and in that case, the special figure variation pattern HNP-B to the special figure variation pattern HNP-D are not determined. In addition, if the special figure 1 hold counter = 2 (hereinafter, may be referred to as "ho 2") at the start of the symbol change, there is a probability of 150/1000 (about 1 / 6.67) for the special figure. The variation pattern HNP-A has a probability of 850/1000 (about 1 / 1.18), and the special map variation pattern HNP-B is determined. In that case, the special map variation pattern HNP-C and the special map variation pattern HNP. -D is never determined. If the special figure 1 hold counter = 1 (hereinafter, may be referred to as "maintenance 1") at the start of the symbol change, there is a probability of 50/1000 (1/20) of the special figure change pattern HNP-A. However, the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-B is determined with a probability of 150/1000 (about 1 / 6.67), and the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-C is determined with a probability of 800/1000 (1 / 1.25). In that case, the special figure variation pattern HNP-D is not determined. If the special figure 1 hold counter = 0 (hereinafter, may be referred to as “maintenance 0”) at the start of the symbol change, there is a probability of 50/1000 (1/20) that the special figure change pattern HNP-B. However, the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-C is determined with a probability of 100/1000 (1/10), and the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP-D is determined with a probability of 850/1000 (about 1 / 1.18). Does not determine the special figure variation pattern HNP-A. In the following description, in addition to the above-mentioned "ho 3", "ho 2", "ho 1", and "ho 0", the case where the special figure 1 hold counter = 4 is referred to as "ho 4". There is.
In this way, when the special figure fluctuation pattern HNP is determined, the special figure fluctuation pattern (variation time) in which the symbol fluctuation is easily determined by the value of the special figure 1 hold counter at the start is different. More specifically, the smaller the value of the special figure 1 hold counter at the start of the symbol change, the easier it is to determine the longer symbol change (the larger the value of the special figure 1 hold counter at the start of the symbol change, the shorter the fluctuation time. Is easier to determine).
Further, such a special figure fluctuation pattern (hereinafter, may be referred to as a "basic special figure fluctuation pattern") also exists in the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC, and corresponds to the basic. The type of the special figure fluctuation pattern and the length of each are different, but it is determined as the value of the tendency (the value of the special figure 2 hold counter in the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB and the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC). The relationship between the special map fluctuation pattern (variation time) that is likely to occur) is the same as that of the special map fluctuation pattern derivation state PA.

Further, the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 is an effect control command (variation start command) including the stop symbol of the special figure determined as a result of the special figure hit / miss determination and the determined special figure variation pattern at the start of the symbol variation. ) Is generated, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.

Similar to the special figure lottery means 130, the normal figure lottery means 135 reads out the earliest operation hold information among the operation hold information held in the main information storage means 160 when the symbol of the normal figure is not changing. , Using the read random number, the normal figure hit / miss judgment to judge the hit / miss of the normal figure is executed, and the normal electric accessory 61 is controlled to the open state by the normal figure hit / miss judgment. In this case, the normal map stop symbol lottery for determining the stop symbol of the normal map by lottery and the normal map fluctuation pattern lottery for determining the fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the normal map by lottery are executed.
More specifically, in the normal figure lottery judgment, the normal figure lottery state has a high probability (sometimes abbreviated as "normal figure high accuracy") and the normal figure lottery state has a low probability ("normal figure"). It may be abbreviated as "low probability"), and the drawing of the lottery table is omitted. On the other hand, in the low probability of the normal map, the probability of hitting the normal map is 1/65536, and the remaining probability of 65535/65536 is the loss. In addition, in the case of low accuracy of the normal map, it may not be a hit of the normal map (65536/65536 will be lost).

In the normal figure stop symbol lottery, as in the special figure stop symbol lottery, a lottery table (not shown) for the normal figure stop symbol lottery is selected from a plurality of types of stop symbols having different patterns in which the normal electric accessory 61 is opened. One stop symbol is determined by the lottery used. In addition, in the case of a loss in the judgment of whether or not the normal figure is correct, the stop symbol is uniformly determined as in the case of the special figure 1 and the special figure 2.

Further, in the normal map fluctuation pattern lottery, as in the special map fluctuation pattern lottery, one normal map fluctuation is performed by drawing from a plurality of types of normal map fluctuation patterns using a lottery table (not shown) for the normal map fluctuation pattern lottery. The pattern is determined.

In this way, it can be said that the Fuzu high accuracy has a higher probability of deriving the Fuzu hit than the Fuzu low accuracy, and has a higher advantage than the Fuzu low accuracy.

When the result of the special figure winning / failing lottery is a big hit, the big hit game control means 140 determines the demo time related to the big hit start demo and the demo time related to the big hit end demo according to the determined big hit symbol.
Further, at the start of the big hit, the big hit game control means 140 generates an effect control command (big hit start command) including the demo time related to the big hit start demo, stores it in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160, and ends the big hit. Occasionally, an effect control command (big hit end command) including the demo time related to the big hit end demo is generated and stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.

The symbol display control means 145 causes the first special symbol display device 91 to variablely display the special figure 1 according to the fluctuation time based on the special symbol fluctuation pattern of the special figure 1, and determines by a special symbol stop symbol lottery after the variation time has elapsed. The special figure 1 is stopped and displayed by the stopped symbol. Similarly, the special figure 2 is variablely displayed on the second special symbol display device 92 according to the fluctuation time based on the special symbol fluctuation pattern of the second special symbol, and the stop determined by the special symbol stop symbol lottery after the lapse of the fluctuation time. The special figure 2 is stopped and displayed by the symbol.
The symbol display control means 145 has a special figure game timer for managing the time (variable time, stop display time) related to the display of the special figure 1 and the special figure 2, and when the special figure is stopped and displayed, the special figure display control means 145 has a special figure game timer. (At the timing when the value of the special figure game timer becomes "0"), an effect control command (variable stop command) for requesting the fixed stop display of the decorative symbol is generated, and the command is transmitted to the main information storage means 160. Store in the command storage area.
Here, the fixed stop display of the decorative symbol refers to the final stop display of the decorative symbol in the symbol variation, and is different from the temporary stop display of the decorative symbol that may occur during the execution of the symbol variation. Then, in the temporary stop display of the decorative symbol, for example, the decorative symbol that is stopped and displayed is accompanied by an action of swaying up and down in small steps (so-called shaking fluctuation), while in the fixed stop display of the decorative symbol, the decoration that is stopped and displayed is displayed. The stop display mode of the decorative symbol that has been fixedly stopped and displayed is different from the stop display mode of the decorative symbol that has been temporarily stopped and displayed, such as the design does not fluctuate. Therefore, the player can recognize whether the stop display of the decorative symbol is a fixed stop display or a temporary stop display.

Further, the symbol display control means 145 causes the normal symbol display device 93 to variablely display the normal map according to the normal map fluctuation pattern (variation time) of the normal map, and after the variation time elapses, the normal map is stopped by the normal map lottery. The stop display is displayed with the determined stop symbol.
The symbol display control means 145 has a normal map game timer for managing the time (variable time, stop display time) related to the display of the normal map.

When the result of the special drawing winning / failing lottery is a big hit, the electric accessory control means 150 outputs a control signal to the special electric accessory solenoid 66 after the stop display of the special figure, and the special electric accessory 65 is designated as a special figure. It is opened according to the opening pattern corresponding to the stop symbol. In the jackpot game, one opening / closing operation of the special electric accessory 65 is regarded as one round game, and the round game is continuously executed for a specified number of rounds (16R, 9R, 8R in this example). be.

Further, when the electric accessory control means 150 wins the normal drawing winning / failing lottery, the electric accessory control means 150 outputs a control signal to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 62, and causes the ordinary electric accessory 61 to follow the opening pattern corresponding to the stop symbol of the normal drawing. Let it open.

The game state control means 155 controls the special figure lottery state. Specifically, as described above, the game state control means 155 sets the special figure low accuracy at the start of the big hit game regardless of the symbol related to the big hit, and at the end of the normal big hit game, the special figure low accuracy. At the end of the jackpot game related to the probability variation jackpot, the special figure will be highly accurate.

Further, the game state control means 155 controls the normal drawing lottery state. Specifically, the game state control means 155 sets the normal figure low accuracy at the start of the big hit, regardless of the symbol related to the big hit, and at the end of the normal big hit game, the symbol is changed 100 times. The figure is highly accurate (after 100 symbol changes, the normal figure is low), and at the end of the jackpot related to the probability variation jackpot, until the start of the next jackpot game (for example, a finite number of times sufficient for the jackpot to be derived). (Including the case of setting (for example, 5000 times)) It is assumed to be highly accurate.

Further, the game state control means 155 controls the above-mentioned special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state. The transition of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 (a) and 11 (b). 11 (a) is a state transition diagram showing the transition of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state, and FIG. 11 (b) is a diagram showing the relationship of the average fluctuation time for each special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state. ..
As shown in FIG. 11 (a), the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA corresponding to the special figure low certainty and low accuracy, and the special figure high certainty and high accuracy corresponding to the special figure high accuracy. Figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB and special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC corresponding to special figure low certainty and high accuracy, and special figure lottery state and special figure lottery state according to the special figure lottery state except during big hit game Figure The fluctuation pattern derivation state is set. The transition conditions between the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC include a transition condition (i) to a transition condition (iii). The transition condition (i) is the end of the jackpot game related to the probabilistic jackpot, the transition condition (ii) is the end of the jackpot game related to the normal jackpot, and the transition condition (iii) is the end of the 100th symbol change. When the big hit game related to the normal big hit is started in the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC, the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC is set again after the end of the big hit game (the symbol in the transition condition (iii)). The count of fluctuations starts from 0).

Further, as shown in FIG. 11B, the average fluctuation time of each of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PB, and the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC (in the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state). Appearance rate for the fluctuation time of the special figure fluctuation pattern that can be selected (arbitrary derived by multiplying the probability that the result of the special figure fluctuation judgment is derived by the winning probability of the special figure fluctuation pattern. The sum of the fluctuation times derived by multiplying the probability that can occur in the symbol variation) becomes shorter in the order of the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, the special figure variation pattern derivation state PC, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB. .. This is mainly due to the difference in the length of the fluctuation time of the basic special map fluctuation pattern, which has the highest selection ratio in each special map fluctuation pattern derivation state.
Further, in the present embodiment, the difference between the average fluctuation time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PA and the average time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC is the average fluctuation time of the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation state PC and the special figure fluctuation pattern derivation. Greater than the difference in state PB.

Further, the game state control means 155 is an effect control command (game state designation command) including each state after the update occurs when the special figure lottery state, the normal figure lottery state, and the special figure variation pattern derivation state are updated. Is generated, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.

As described above, the main information storage means 160 is a means for temporarily storing the data read by each means, the data derived by the calculation by each means, and the like in the storage area corresponding to each.

The main error control means 165 monitors the input information of the I / O port 104 and determines whether or not the gaming machine 10 is in an error state. When it is determined that the error state is determined, an effect control command (error command) including information that can identify the error state is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.
In the present embodiment, the error states determined by the main error control means 165 include, for example, a main board error based on the occurrence of the above-mentioned update abnormality, a magnetic error based on magnetic detection by the magnetic detection sensor, and radio wave detection by the radio wave detection sensor. Based on the radio wave error based on, right-handed error based on the detection of the game ball by the gate sensor 74, the detection of the opening of the middle frame 17 by the middle frame opening sensor 76, or the detection of the opening of the front frame 20 by the front frame opening sensor 77. There are door opening errors, full tank errors based on the detection of game balls by the full tank detection sensor, and so on. The presence or absence of an error state according to this embodiment is monitored during the game-enabled state described later.
To summarize the conditions for generating some of these errors, the main board error is an error state indicating an update abnormality of the random number circuit 105 as described above, and occurs when the update abnormality occurs. A magnetic error is an error state that occurs when magnetic detection by a magnetic detection sensor occurs continuously for 500 ms, and a radio wave error is a total of 5 times of radio wave detection by the radio wave detection sensor (cumulative number of times since the power was turned on immediately before). It is an error state that occurs when it occurs. In addition, the right-handed error occurs when the gate sensor 74 detects the game ball three times during normal times (special low accuracy and low accuracy) (the number of detections is reset 1000 ms after the last detection). The full tank error is an error state that occurs when the full tank detection sensor is ON, that is, when the game ball is detected by the full tank detection sensor.

Further, in the present embodiment, among these error states, the main board error, the magnetic error, and the radio wave error are treated as relatively high-importance error states (hereinafter, simply referred to as “high-importance error states”). ing. Therefore, in addition to the process of turning on the security signal, the main error control means 165 performs a game such as restricting the launch of the game ball to the payout control board 400 when these high-importance error states occur. Execute the game progress regulation process to prevent the progress.
Here, the security signal is a kind of signal output from an external terminal board (not shown) provided in the gaming machine 10 toward a device (data display or hall computer) outside the gaming machine. Including the following description, turning on the security signal means starting the output of the security signal, and turning off the security signal means ending the output of the security signal. Further, in the present embodiment, in the process of turning off the security signal, the elapsed time from turning on the security signal is not taken into consideration, but the elapsed time is taken into consideration, that is, a certain time after turning on the security signal. The security signal may not be turned off before the elapse. In this embodiment, when a magnetic error and a radio wave error occur, a process of turning on the security signal may be executed, but the above-mentioned game progress regulation process may not be executed on the payout control board 400. ..
In addition, when these error states of high importance occur, the first sub-control board 200 and the second sub-control board 300 execute a notification effect capable of identifying which error state has occurred. ..
Furthermore, these error states of high importance can be canceled only by power interruption and recovery (the error state can be terminated), and the security signal related to the error state is turned off by the power failure. (The ON state is maintained until the power is cut off).
The above-mentioned error state of high importance is an example, and another error state may be provided as the error state.

On the other hand, right-handed errors, door opening errors, and full tank errors, which are relatively less important error states (hereinafter referred to simply as "less important error states"), are not restricted from launching game balls. The state in which the game can proceed is maintained. When these error states occur, the first sub-control board 200 and the second sub-control board 300 execute a notification effect capable of identifying which error state has occurred.
Further, the right-handed error ends when the execution of the notification effect related to the error state is completed, and the door opening error is the detection of the closed state of the middle frame 17 by the middle frame opening sensor 76 or the front frame opening. It ends when the sensor 77 detects the closed state of the front frame 20, and the full tank error ends when the game ball is no longer detected by the full tank detection sensor. When the end conditions of these error states are satisfied, an effect control command (return command) indicating that the end conditions are satisfied is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.
Further, the above-mentioned error state of low importance is an example, and as the error state, the big prize opening sensor is used after a predetermined time has elapsed after the big winning opening 55 during the big hit game is closed. Other error states such as an abnormal winning error that occurs when the game ball is detected by 72 may be provided, and when these error states are provided, a notification effect related to the error state is executed. It should be noted that the abnormal winning error may be terminated when the execution of the notification effect related to the error state is completed, as in the case of the right-handed error described above.

In the present embodiment, the error state of high importance is executed with priority over the above-mentioned error state of low importance. Therefore, in the state where the error state of high importance occurs, the door opening notification described later is not executed, and the opening notification suppression period does not exist.

Further, in the error state of high importance, the error state is set in the display area including the entire display area in which the hold icon and the variable icon described later are displayed (in the present embodiment, the entire display area related to the main display unit 81). The image to be notified is displayed. On the other hand, in the error state of low importance, the image notifying the error state is displayed in the display area where the hold icon and the variable icon are displayed so as not to overlap.
Further, the error state of high importance is canceled by the power failure / recovery, and the hold icon becomes a white normal icon by the power failure / recovery.

When the effect control command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage unit 160, the main command management means 170 transmits the effect control command to the first sub-control board 200.
As a general rule, each effect control command is transmitted in the order stored in the transmission command storage area of the main information storage means 160.

The power recovery processing execution means 175 includes a return state setting means 176 and a game-enabled state transition means 179.

The recovery state setting means 176 determines whether or not there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 at the time of power recovery, the state at the time of power failure immediately before the power recovery, the state of the RAM clear switch 43 at the time of power recovery, and the opening of the middle frame at the time of power recovery. Based on the state of the door sensor 76, the return state setting process for setting the return state is executed. The return state set by the process includes a game stop state and a game enable state (there may be a case with RAM clear processing and a case without RAM clear processing).
Specifically, if there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 at the time of power recovery, the game stop state is set regardless of the state of the RAM clear switch 43 and the state of the middle frame door opening sensor 76 at the time of power recovery. If there is no abnormality in the RAM 103 at the time of power recovery and the RAM clear switch 43 at the time of power recovery is ON (in a pressed state), the RAM is provided on condition that the middle frame door opening sensor 76 at the time of power recovery is ON. The clear process is executed and the game-enabled state is set (when the middle frame door open sensor 76 at the time of power recovery is OFF, the RAM clear process is not executed and the game-enabled state is set), and the power is restored. If there is no abnormality in the RAM 103 and the RAM clear switch 43 at the time of power recovery is OFF (a state in which the RAM clear switch 43 is not pressed), the RAM clear process is not executed and the playable state is set. When the RAM clear processing is executed, the special figure low accuracy and the normal figure low accuracy are set.
Here, the game stopped state means that the game cannot proceed because the processing according to the detection result of the sensor provided in each winning opening is not executed (it is not necessary to see the detection result itself of the sensor). It is a return state. The game-enabled state is a return state in which the game can be advanced by executing processing according to the detection result of the sensor provided in each winning opening.

Whether or not there is an abnormality in the RAM 103 is whether or not the backup flag is stored in the backup information area related to the RAM abnormality check (specifically, the target area) performed at the beginning of the return state setting process (specifically, whether or not the backup flag is stored in the backup information area. Whether or not the backup flag is ON) is determined, and if the backup flag is stored (when the backup flag is ON), it is stored in the target area and the backup information area related to the area. Derivation of the checksum of the complement being performed, if the operation result is 0, it is determined that the target area is normal, and in other cases, the target area is determined to be abnormal. ) Is executed for the area related to the game of the RAM 103, and the determination is made.

The game-enabled state transition means 179 executes a game-enabled state transition process for shifting to the game-enabled state when the game-enabled state is set.
Specifically, in the game-enabled state transition process, when the output of the security signal is ON, the process of turning off the output of the security signal and the initial setting of the device are executed.
In addition, in the initial setting of the device, a launch permission command for permitting the launch of the game ball to the payout control board 400 is transmitted, a state in which entry to each winning opening is enabled, a random number circuit 105 is activated, and the random number circuit 105 is activated. Processing such as setting of data for making the data is executed.

The power cut processing execution means 180 executes the power cut process based on the reception of the power cut signal from the power supply control board 500.
Specifically, for the game-related area of the RAM 103, a process of deriving a checksum of the area and storing the complement of the checksum in the backup information area of the RAM 103 game, and for the area. The process of turning on the backup flag indicating that the power failure process has been executed (the backup flag is stored in the backup information area related to the game of the RAM 103) is executed.

As shown in FIG. 8, the first sub-control board 200 includes a sub-random number generation means 210, a normal effect control means 220, a sub-error control means 230, a lamp control means 240, a movable accessory control means 245, a volume adjusting means 250, and a brightness. The adjusting means 255, the sub-information storage means 260, and the sub-command management means 270 are provided, and these means are realized by each control configuration on the first sub-control board 200 described with reference to FIG. 7. It is a functional representation.
Here, the sub-information storage means 260 temporarily stores the data read by the means provided in the first sub-control board 200, the data derived by the calculation in the means, and the like in the storage area corresponding to each. It is a means. Further, the effect control command transmitted from the main command management means 170 is stored in the reception command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260 by the sub-command management means 270. In the following description, the effect control command transmitted from the main command management means 170 is simply stored in the receive command storage area of the sub information storage means 260 by the sub command management means 270. It may be expressed as reception.

The sub-random number generation means 210 can generate a random number (software random number) updated by the program process by the CPU 201, and acquires the random number at the timing when each lottery (details will be described later) is executed by the normal effect control means 220.

The normal effect control means 220 includes an effect mode control means 221, an effect route determining means 222, a sub-hold control means 223, a look-ahead effect control means 224, an effect content determining means 225, a decorative symbol control means 226, and a jackpot effect control means 227. Be prepared.

When the game state designation command is received, the effect mode control means 221 controls the transition of the effect mode in a manner consistent with the special figure variation pattern derivation state managed on the main control board 100 side.
The effect modes in the present embodiment are roughly classified into a normal mode, a low probability time saving mode, and a probability variation mode. The low-accuracy time-saving mode corresponds to the pattern derivation state PC.

When the effect route determining means 222 receives the advance determination command, the effect corresponding to the symbol variation reserved this time is based on the result of the advance determination included in the command (in this embodiment, the special figure variation pattern). Determine (set) the route. In addition, when the special figure variation pattern corresponding to the symbol variation is the above-mentioned special figure variation pattern HNP, the effect route determining means 222 does not determine the effect route when the pre-determination command is transmitted. At the start of the symbol change, the effect route is determined based on the special figure change pattern (special figure change pattern HNP-A to special figure change pattern HNP-D) included in the change start command.
Here, the effect route is an effect from the start to the end of the symbol change, and defines the process of the effect of notifying the result of the special symbol hit / miss determination in the symbol change, and is executed by the symbol change. The content of the effect is determined by the effect content determining means 225, which will be described later, according to the effect route corresponding to the symbol variation.

In the present embodiment, in the normal mode, one effect route different from each other corresponds to each of the special figure fluctuation patterns shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). And, these production routes are the loss production route that notifies that the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment in the current symbol change is a loss (not a big hit), and the result of the special figure hit / fail judgment in the current symbol change. It is roughly divided into big hit production routes that notify that it is a big hit. Further, the loss production route includes a non-development loss production route in which the development production is not executed and a development loss production route in which the development production is executed. Here, the development effect is the current symbol change after the decorative symbol is in the reach state (the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed except for one symbol row, and the remaining symbol rows are displayed in a variable manner). In this embodiment, there are two types of development effect A and development effect B, which have different contents from each other. These development productions are also executed in the jackpot production route. Hereinafter, the contents of the production route corresponding to each special figure fluctuation pattern will be described.

In the development production A and development production B corresponding to the loss production route, a series of productions corresponding to each development production are executed, and at the end of the series, it is notified that the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment in this symbol change is not a big hit. To. On the other hand, in the development production A and the development production B corresponding to the jackpot production route, a series of productions corresponding to each development production are executed in the same manner as the development production corresponding to the loss production route. It is notified that the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment in is a big hit. That is, both the development effect A and the development effect B can be said to be an effect of notifying whether or not the result of the special figure hit / miss determination in the current symbol change is a big hit.
In this embodiment, one production route corresponds to one special figure fluctuation pattern. Therefore, in the following description, the effect route for the special map variation pattern may be simply expressed by the special map variation pattern. However, a plurality of effect routes may be associated with one special figure variation pattern, and in this case, one effect route is determined from a plurality of effect routes corresponding to the determined special figure variation pattern. It should be.

The above-mentioned non-developed loss effect route corresponds to the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HNP-A to the special figure variation pattern HNP-D and the special figure variation pattern HRP.
Specifically, in the special symbol variation pattern HNP-A to the special symbol variation pattern HNP-D, the decorative symbols do not reach the reach state, and the decorative symbols are scattered (all the symbol rows are stopped, and each symbol row is assigned. By stopping and displaying the same decorative symbol (in a state where the same decorative symbol is not stopped), the effect route for notifying that the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol change is lost corresponds to it. Here, the same decorative symbol refers to a decorative symbol that imitates the same number, and may have different aspects (such as a character image described later) other than the numbers constituting the decorative symbol. The different decorative patterns refer to decorative patterns that imitate different numbers.
In the special symbol variation pattern HRP, the decorative symbol is in the reach state without going through the pseudo variation, and then the decorative symbol is stopped and displayed in a random pattern without executing the development effect described later, so that the symbol variation in this time The production route that notifies that the result of the special figure pass / fail judgment is a loss corresponds. Here, the pseudo-variation is a period before the development effect is started (the period until the decorative symbol reaches the reach state in the symbol change in which the development effect is executed), and the decorative symbol is based on a certain rule. It refers to a period separated by a stop (for example, a stop of a decorative symbol in which 7 symbols are stopped in the middle symbol row, such as "5 symbols-7 symbols-6 symbols"). Therefore, it can be said that the pseudo-variation occurs only when the number of pseudo-variations is two. That is, it can be said that the pseudo-variation does not occur when the decorative symbol changes once until the reach state is formed, and in that case, it can be said that one pseudo-variation is executed. The maximum number of pseudo-variations in the present embodiment is three, but the maximum number of pseudo-variations is not limited to this, and any number may be adopted as long as it is two or more.

The above-mentioned development loss effect route corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B.
Specifically, in the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, the decorative symbol is in the reach state without going through the pseudo fluctuation, and then the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol fluctuation is obtained. A development effect is executed to notify that the development effect is lost, and the effect route in which the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed at the end of the development effect corresponds to the corresponding effect. It should be noted that the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, the above-mentioned development effect A corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A, and the above-mentioned special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B corresponds to the above-mentioned. Development production B corresponds.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B, the decorative symbol is in the reach state through two pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol variation is a loss. A development effect is executed to notify that, and the effect route in which the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed at the end of the development effect corresponds to the effect. Similar to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A has the development effect A. Corresponds, and the development effect B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B, the decorative symbol is in the reach state through three pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol variation is a loss. A development effect is executed to notify that, and the effect route in which the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed at the end of the development effect corresponds to the effect. Similar to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A has the development effect A. Corresponds, and the development effect B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B.

The above-mentioned jackpot effect route corresponds to the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B.
Specifically, in the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B, the decorative symbol is in the reach state without going through the pseudo variation, and then the result of the special symbol pass / fail judgment in the current symbol variation is obtained. A development effect is executed to notify that the game is a big hit, and after the development effect is completed, the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed when the symbols are aligned (all the symbol rows are stopped and the same decorative symbol is stopped in each symbol row). The production route to be done corresponds. It should be noted that the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, the above-mentioned development effect A corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A, and the above-mentioned special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B corresponds to the above-mentioned. Development production B corresponds.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, the decorative symbol is in the reach state through two pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol variation is a big hit. A development effect for notifying that is executed, and a production route in which decorative symbols are stopped and displayed with the same pattern after the end of the development effect corresponds. Similar to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A has the development effect A. Corresponds, and the development effect B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, the decorative symbol reaches the reach state through three pseudo fluctuations, and then the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in the current symbol variation is a big hit. A development effect for notifying that is executed, and a production route in which decorative symbols are stopped and displayed with the same pattern after the end of the development effect corresponds. Similar to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B, the types of development effects corresponding to these special figure fluctuation patterns are different from each other, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A has the development effect A. Corresponds, and the development effect B corresponds to the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-B.
In the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-C, the decorative symbol reaches the reach state through three pseudo fluctuations, and then a development effect is executed to notify that the result of the special symbol hit / miss judgment in this symbol variation is a big hit. Then, after the end of the development effect, the decorative pattern is stopped and displayed in the same pattern, which corresponds to the effect route. It should be noted that the special figure variation pattern ASP3-C corresponds to the development effect C, which is different from both the development effect A and the development effect B.

As described above, in the present embodiment, by associating the same development effect, the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A is provided to the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP1-A. For the effect route corresponding to the variation pattern HSP1-B, the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B is set to the special figure variation pattern ASP2-A for the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP2-A. The corresponding effect route is for the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP2-B, and the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP2-B is for the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP3-A. The effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-A is associated with the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP3-B, and the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern ASP3-B is associated with the effect route corresponding to the special figure variation pattern HSP3-B. As a result, the contents of the effects of the associated production route match from the start to the end (the timing at which the result of the special figure hit / miss determination is shown by the development effect related to the effect route). Therefore, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation of winning a big hit in the symbol change in which the development effect A and the development effect B are executed. Further, the above-mentioned special figure fluctuation pattern in which the effect route in which the development effect A and the development effect B are executed is determined can also be said to be a special figure variation pattern in which a big hit is expected.
It should be noted that the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-C does not have a corresponding development loss effect route. Therefore, when the development effect C is executed in the symbol variation, the player can be made to deterministically recognize the jackpot winning. Therefore, it can be said that the effect route corresponding to the special figure fluctuation pattern is the effect route in which the big hit winning is confirmed, and the special figure variation pattern can be said to be the special figure variation pattern in which the big hit winning is confirmed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10A, when the result of the special figure hit / miss determination is a loss, the special figure corresponding to the effect route in which the development effect A is executed within the range where the number of pseudo fluctuations is the same. It becomes difficult to determine the figure variation pattern (for example, the special figure variation pattern HSP1-A) and the special figure variation pattern corresponding to the effect route on which the development effect B is executed (for example, the special figure variation pattern HSP1-B) in this order. Then, when the result of the special figure hit / miss determination is a big hit, the special figure change pattern (for example, the special figure change pattern) corresponding to the effect route in which the development effect A is executed within the range where the number of pseudo fluctuations is the same. It becomes easier to determine the ASP1-A) and the special figure variation pattern (for example, the special figure variation pattern ASP1-B) corresponding to the effect route in which the development effect B is executed.
Therefore, the development production B can raise the expectation of winning the big hit as compared with the development production A.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10A, when the result of the special figure hit / miss determination is a loss, the special figure change pattern corresponding to the effect route in which the pseudo variation does not occur within the range of the same kind of development effect (for example, , Special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A), special figure fluctuation pattern corresponding to the production route in which the number of pseudo fluctuations is 2 (for example, special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A), production in which the number of pseudo fluctuations is 3 times. It becomes difficult to determine the special map variation pattern corresponding to the route (for example, the special map variation pattern HSP3-A) in this order. Then, when the result of the special figure hit / miss determination is a big hit, the special figure variation pattern (for example, the special figure variation pattern ASP1-A) corresponding to the effect route in which the pseudo variation does not occur within the range of the same kind of development effect. A special figure variation pattern (for example, special figure variation pattern ASP2-A) corresponding to an effect route in which the number of pseudo-variations is 2 times, and a special figure variation pattern (for example) corresponding to an effect route in which the number of pseudo-variations is 3 times. , The special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A) is easily determined in this order.
Therefore, as the number of times the pseudo-variation is executed increases, the expectation of winning the big hit can be increased.

Further, as described above, in the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-A, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP1-B, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP-C, the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-A, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP1-B, the pseudo-variation It becomes a reach state without going through, and in the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-A, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP2-B, the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-A, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP2-B, through two pseudo fluctuations. In the reach state, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-A, the special figure fluctuation pattern HSP3-B, the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-A, the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-B, and the special figure fluctuation pattern ASP3-C are simulated three times. It becomes a reach state through fluctuation.
Therefore, the time until the reach state is reached is the special figure fluctuation pattern that becomes the reach state without quasi-variation, the special figure fluctuation pattern that becomes the reach state by two pseudo fluctuations, and the reach state by three pseudo fluctuations. It becomes longer in the order of the special figure fluctuation pattern.

Further, during the execution of the development effect A and the development effect B, the image is displayed by the main display unit 81, the sound (BGM) is output by the speaker 33, and the frame lamp 35 is used in the manner corresponding to each development effect. The lamp is turned on. Although the details will be described later, in the present embodiment, whether or not the decorative symbols are stopped and displayed in the same pattern after the end of each development effect (determination of whether or not the special symbol is correct in this symbol change). A cover effect is executed to notify (whether or not the result is a big hit).
In addition, from the start of the symbol change to the start of each development effect, that is, the period from the start of the symbol change to the time when the decorative symbol constitutes the reach state, the mode is different from that of any of the development effects. The image is displayed by the main display unit 81, the sound (BGM) is output by the speaker 33, and the lamp is turned on by the frame lamp 35.

When the sub-hold control means 223 receives a hold command (hereinafter, may be simply expressed as the occurrence of a hold prize), the information of the special figure 1 hold counter and the special figure 2 hold counter included in the command is used. Based on this, effect data for displaying an image corresponding to the reserved symbol variation (referred to as a “holding icon” in the present embodiment) is set in the display area of the main display unit 81. In the present embodiment, the hold icon is an image corresponding to the symbol variation according to the special figure 1 if it is the special figure variation pattern derivation state PA, and is the special figure variation pattern derivation state PB or the special figure variation pattern derivation. If it is a state PC, it is an image corresponding to the symbol variation according to the special figure 2. Further, although details will be described later, the hold icon is an image suggesting the degree of expectation of a jackpot winning in the corresponding pending symbol variation depending on the mode of the icon, and the mode (color or shape) of the image is It is determined by the information contained in the pre-judgment command transmitted following the hold command.
Further, the sub-hold control means 223 sets the effect data for displaying the image corresponding to the current symbol variation (referred to as “variation icon” in the present embodiment) in the display area of the main display unit 81. Similar to the hold icon, the details will be described later, but the variable icon is an image suggesting the expectation of a big hit winning in the corresponding running symbol variation depending on the mode of the icon.
In the following description, "holding change" is used to include both the change of the hold icon and the change of the variable icon unless otherwise specified.

When the pre-reading effect control means 224 receives the pre-reading effect, the pre-reading effect controlling means 224 determines the content of the pre-reading effect based on the result of the pre-determination included in the command.
The look-ahead effect is the degree of expectation for the result of the special figure hit / miss judgment in the symbol change of the look-ahead target and the symbol change of the look-ahead target over one or more times of the symbol change before the symbol change of the look-ahead target is started. It is a production that suggests the content of the production to be executed.
Further, although the details will be described later, the effect control means 224 also determines the first effect and the second effect in the present embodiment.

When the change start command is received, the effect content determining means 225 determines the content of the effect to be executed in the current symbol variation according to the effect route already determined by the effect route determining means 222.
More specifically, the effect content determining means 225 determines the effect content (effect pattern) for each effect execution timing in the symbol variation, such as a lottery for determining the type of cut-in effect described later, to the effect route determining means 222. It is determined by a lottery or the like using a production pattern lottery table corresponding to the production route determined by. By doing so, it is possible to change the content of the effect related to (executed according to) the determined effect route, and it is possible to have a connection to the effect in one symbol variation. Further, even when the same effect route is determined, it is possible to make various effects to be executed.
Further, although the details will be described later, the first effect and the second effect in the present embodiment are also determined by the effect content determining means 225.
The timing for determining the content of the effect is, for example, the start of the pseudo-variation (including the start of the symbol variation), and when the pseudo-variation starts multiple times in one symbol variation, each pseudo-variation is started. The lottery is executed at the start of the fluctuation.

When the decorative symbol control means 226 receives the fluctuation start command, the decorative symbol control means 226 determines the final combination of the stop symbols (left symbol, middle symbol, right symbol) of the decorative symbol based on the determined stop symbol of the special symbol. do.
Specifically, the odd-numbered symbols are associated with the symbol B, the symbol C, and the symbol a, the even-numbered symbols are associated with the symbols A and b, and the symbols D and the symbol c are associated with each other.
In addition, in order to make the combination of decorative symbols to be stopped correspond to the stop symbol of the special symbol, it is not always necessary to have the above-mentioned correspondence relationship. If the expectation of the combination of decorative symbols to be stopped is not high, in some cases (a ratio lower than the ratio of the above-mentioned correspondence), a combination of decorations different from the above-mentioned correspondence is adopted. Even in such a case, it can be said that the combination of the decorative symbols to be stopped corresponds to the stop symbol of the special symbol.

When the jackpot effect control means 227 receives the jackpot start command, the jackpot effect control means 227 determines the content of the jackpot effect that notifies that the jackpot game is in progress, based on the information included in the command. The jackpot effect includes a start demo effect that notifies the start of the jackpot game, a round effect that notifies that the round game is in progress, and an end demo effect that notifies the end of the jackpot game.

The normal effect control means 220 reads out the effect data of each device corresponding to the effect at the execution timing of each effect according to the content of the effect determined by the above-mentioned means included in the first sub-control board 200. If the read effect data includes effect data related to an image, an image control command is generated based on the effect data, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260. Further, when the read effect data includes the effect data related to the sound, a voice control command related to the sound is generated based on the effect data, and the command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260.

In particular, the normal effect control means 220 notifies that the game is ready for play with the RAM clear process when the return state at the time of power recovery is in the playable state (when the RAM clear process is involved). When the return state at the time of power recovery becomes the game-enabled state (when the RAM clear process is not accompanied), the effect data for the purpose is read out, and the player is notified that the game-enabled state is reached without the RAM clear process. Read out the production data for.
Further, when the return state at the time of power recovery is the game stop state, the normal effect control means 220 notifies that the game has been stopped and that the RAM clear process needs to be executed. Read out the production data for.
Although the details of these notifications are omitted, it is preferable that the notifications are continuously executed for a certain period of time (for example, 30s) after the execution is started, and the effect device that executes the notifications does not matter.

When an error command is transmitted, the sub-error control means 230 determines an error effect pattern and reads out effect data for executing the error effect according to the error effect pattern.
It should be noted that the error effect is executed with priority over the variation effect related to the symbol variation (the execution of the variation effect is restricted by the execution of the error effect). Here, the fact that the error effect is preferentially executed means that when the device related to the execution of the error effect and the device related to the execution of the variable effect are the same device, only the error effect is executed on the device. The present invention includes not only this, but also that the error effect is executed in a mode that is easier to recognize than the variable effect in the device.
Further, the sub-error control means 230 independently determines whether or not the gaming machine 10 is in an error state (independently of the main error control means 165), and executes an error effect when it is determined that the game machine 10 is in an error state. The effect data may be read out, and the error state includes, for example, a right-handed error state determined based on the number of winnings of the gate 63 at the time of low accuracy in the normal drawing.

The lamp control means 240 holds lamp control data for controlling the lighting of various lamps such as the frame lamp 35, and for example, the effect data read by the normal effect control means 220 corresponds to the frame lamp 35. When there is effect data, the lamp control means 240 reads out the lamp control data based on the effect data, and transmits the read lamp control data to the frame lamp 35.

When the effect data read by the normal effect control means 220 includes the effect data corresponding to the movable accessory (movable decorative body 22, sub-display unit 82, effect shield 85), the movable accessory control means 245 has the effect data. The movable control data for controlling the movement of the movable accessory is read from the ROM 202 based on the effect data and transmitted to the movable body to control the movement of the movable body.

The volume adjusting means 250 executes a volume adjusting process for adjusting the volume and a volume adjusting command generation process for generating the above-mentioned volume adjusting command.

The luminance adjusting means 255 executes a luminance adjusting process for adjusting the luminance and a luminance adjusting command generation process for generating the above-mentioned luminance adjusting command.

As described above, the sub-information storage means 260 temporarily stores the data read by the means provided in the first sub-control board 200, the data derived by the calculation in the means, and the like in the corresponding storage areas. It is a means to do.

The subcommand management means 270 receives the effect control command transmitted from the main control board 100, stores the received effect command in the receive command storage area of the sub information storage means 260, and the subcommand management means 270 receives the effect control command. When the image control command is stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub information storage means 260, the image control command is transmitted to the second sub control board 300. Further, when the voice control command or the volume adjustment command is stored in the storage area, the subcommand management means 270 transmits these commands to the voice control board 310. As a general rule, these commands are transmitted in the order stored in the transmission command storage area of the sub-information storage means 260.

As described above, the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment uses the change of the mode related to the hold icon and the variation icon to suggest the degree of expectation of winning a big hit in the symbol variation corresponding to the image. We are trying to improve. The details of the function will be described below.

<Overview of mode changes related to hold icons and variable icons>
First, the outline of the mode change relating to the hold icon and the variable icon will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an area in which the hold icon and the variable icon are displayed on the main display unit 81.
FIG. 13 (1) is a diagram showing the degree of expectation of winning a jackpot related to a normal hold icon and a variable icon, and FIG. 13 (2) is a diagram showing the degree of expectation of winning a big hit related to a horse icon and other hold icons.

The main display unit 81 shown in FIG. 12 shows a state in which a certain symbol change is being executed and two symbol changes are suspended. Therefore, in the scene, the variable display area 811 shows that the decorative pattern is variablely displayed. Then, in the scene, the icon image ag1 and the icon image ag2 are displayed as hold icons in the hold icon display area 812 in order from the right, and the variable icon display area 813 corresponds to the symbol change during execution. The icon image ag0 is displayed as a variable icon. Further, the two circles shown by the broken lines in the hold icon display area 812 indicate the areas where the third and fourth hold icons are displayed, and if there are further hold symbol fluctuations, the hold icon display area 812 indicates the area in which the third and fourth hold icons are displayed. , The icon image ag3 and the icon image ag4 are displayed as hold icons.
Note that FIG. 12 illustrates an embodiment in which the variable display area 811, the hold icon display area 812, and the variable icon display area 813 are included in the display area of the main display unit 81, but at least a part of them is illustrated. , May be provided in the display area of the sub-display unit 82.

In the present embodiment, an icon image corresponding to the hold icon is displayed in the hold icon display area 812 below the variable display area 811 in which the decorative symbol is variablely displayed in the display area related to the main display unit 81. An icon image corresponding to the variable icon is displayed in the variable icon display area 813 below the variable display area 811. Then, the icon image corresponding to the hold icon displayed in the hold icon display area 812 moves toward the change icon display area 813 each time the symbol change before the symbol change corresponding to itself is executed, and the icon is concerned. The image moves from the hold icon display area 812 toward the variable icon display area 813 when the symbol variation corresponding to itself is executed, and becomes an icon image corresponding to the variable icon. The hold icon image and the display mode of the icon image will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the icon image displayed in the hold icon display area 812 includes the icon image ag1, the icon image ag2, the icon image ag3, or the round icon image shown by the icon image ag4 (hereinafter, "" In addition to (sometimes referred to as a "normal icon"), there is an icon image imitating a horse's face (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as a "horse icon").

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, in the present embodiment, the icon image displayed in the variable icon display area 813 is displayed on the pedestal image dc on which the icon image is placed. Therefore, it is possible for the player to easily identify whether the icon image corresponds to the hold icon or the icon image corresponding to the variable icon.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13 (1), as an aspect of the normal icon in the present embodiment, there are a total of five types of stages in which the colors are different from each other.
Specifically, the white normal icon shown in FIGS. 13 (1)-(a), the blue normal icon shown in FIGS. 13 (1)-(b), and FIGS. 13 (1)-(c) are shown. There are a green normal icon, a red normal icon shown in FIGS. 13 (1)-(d), and a rainbow-colored normal icon shown in FIGS. 13 (1)-(e). In line with this order, the expectation of winning a big hit in the corresponding symbol variation increases. Here, the rainbow-colored normal icon is a display mode indicating the determination of the jackpot of the corresponding symbol variation, and can be said to indicate that the expectation that the corresponding symbol variation will be the jackpot is 100%.
In addition, each normal icon includes the characters "white", "blue", "green", "red", or "rainbow", but these are the characters described for convenience of explanation. It is a character that does not actually exist.

Further, in the present embodiment, as a special icon image showing that the horse rampage effect, which is a characteristic effect of the present invention, is executed in the symbol variation corresponding to the hold icon, FIGS. 13 (2)-(f). The horse icon shown in is displayed in the hold icon display area 812. In the following description, displaying the horse icon in the hold icon display area 812 may be referred to as a horse hold effect.
Since the horse hold effect has the above-mentioned relationship with the horse rampage effect, it can be rephrased as an effect for notifying that the horse rampage effect will be executed in the target symbol change.

As shown in FIGS. 13 (2)-(f), the expectation of the jackpot winning is higher in the symbol variation corresponding to the horse icon than in the symbol variation corresponding to the white normal icon, and the symbol corresponding to the horse icon. The expectation of winning a big hit is higher for the symbol fluctuation corresponding to the red normal icon than the fluctuation. Further, as described above, the red normal icon is an icon image having a high expectation of winning a big hit next to the rainbow color among the normal icons.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the jackpot winning expectation suggested by the specific display mode (horse icon) is the lowest among the jackpot winning expectations suggested by the display modes other than the specific display mode (normal icon). In other words, it is higher and lower than the highest. More specifically, the jackpot winning expectation degree suggested by a specific display mode (horse icon) is a display mode (rainbow-colored normal icon) in which the jackpot winning is confirmed among display modes (normal icons) other than the specific display mode. ), It can be said that the display mode is higher than the one with the lowest expectation of winning the jackpot and lower than the one with the highest expectation of winning the jackpot.

Next, the flow of shifting from the horse hold effect to the horse rampage effect will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15.
Specifically, FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b) show a scene in which a horse hold effect is performed, and FIGS. 14 (c) to 15 (f) show a horse rampage effect. The scene is illustrated.
In the present embodiment, when the horse hold effect is performed, the horse rampage effect is always performed at least once, and as will be described later, the horse hold effect and the horse rampage effect are continuously performed. Therefore, it may be regarded as an integrated production.
In the following description, the horse rampage effect performed by shifting from the horse hold effect may be referred to as a horse rampage effect at the start or a horse rampage effect (at the start).

FIG. 14A shows a scene (a scene in which the horse hold effect is started) in which a horse icon is newly displayed in the hold icon display area 812 by winning a start while executing a certain symbol change. Therefore, in the scene, the variable display area 811 shows that the decorative pattern is variablely displayed. Then, in the scene, one white normal icon (ag1) is displayed on the far right in the hold icon display area 812, a horse icon (ag2) is displayed next to it, and a variable icon display area 813 is displayed. A white normal icon (ag0) is displayed as a variation icon corresponding to a symbol variation during execution.
A horse icon (ag2) is displayed in the second position from the right of the hold icon display area 812. This is because the sub-hold control means 223 determines the hold icon for the start prize as the horse icon when the start prize corresponding to the horse icon is generated. The control for determining the hold icon for the start winning prize as the horse icon will be described later.
Further, in the variable icon display area 813, a white normal icon (ag0) is displayed as an executing variable icon.

14 (b) is the next scene of FIG. 14 (a), and in the scene, the timing at which the next symbol change of the symbol change executed in the scene of FIG. 14 (a) is started is shown. ing. Therefore, in the variable display area 811, it is shown that the decorative pattern is variablely displayed. Then, in the scene, the horse icon (ag2) is displayed on the far right in the hold icon display area 812, and the white normal icon (ag1) is displayed in the variable icon display area 813. It is displayed as a fluctuation icon corresponding to the fluctuation.

14 (c) is the next scene of FIG. 14 (b), and in the scene, the timing immediately after the start of the next symbol change of the symbol change executed in the scene of FIG. 14 (b) is set. It is shown. Therefore, in the variable display area 811, it is shown that the decorative pattern is variablely displayed.
In the scene of FIG. 14 (c), since the symbol variation corresponding to the white normal icon (ag1) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 14 (b) has been completed, the variable icon display area has been completed. It has disappeared from 813. On the other hand, the icon image (ag2) corresponding to the symbol variation started in the scene of FIG. 14C is still displayed between the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813. Therefore, the icon image is not displayed on the pedestal image dg displayed in the variable icon display area 813.
Here, since the next symbol variation is the symbol variation corresponding to the horse icon (ag2) displayed in the hold icon display area 812 in the scene of FIG. 14B, the icon image for the horse icon (ag2) is Move (slide) from the hold icon display area 812 to the variable icon display area 813. Along with this movement, the icon image is a normal icon whose display mode is white, with an operation such that a horse image (CA1) having the same display identity as the horse icon (ag2) pops out from the icon image. It changes to (ag2). Then, the horse image (CA1) is displayed on the main display unit 81, and the horse image (CA1) is run up while holding the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813.
The mode in which the horse image (CA1) operates on the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813 is not limited to running up. It suffices if it can be understood that the player is operating on the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813. Further, the horse image (CA1) may be displayed on the main display unit 81, may be displayed in the variable display area 811, or may be displayed across the variable display area 811 and the hold icon display area 812. It may be displayed across the variable display area 811 and the variable icon display area 813, may be displayed across the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813, or may be displayed across the variable display area 811 and the hold icon. It may straddle all of the display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813, may straddle the other display areas of the main display unit 81, or may be displayed in other display areas.
Further, in the present embodiment, the horse icon corresponding to the "first display" is separated into a white normal icon corresponding to the "second display" and a horse image corresponding to the "third display". As an example, in the practice of the present invention, it is sufficient that the feature of the image (holding icon) corresponding to the "first display" is inherited by the image corresponding to the "third display", and the present invention is not limited to the above mode. For example, one image in which the "first display" maintains its characteristics may be treated as a "third display", and a plurality of images to which the characteristics are inherited may be treated as a "third display". You may. Further, the "third display" may be displayed after the "first display" disappears once.

14 (d) is the next scene of FIG. 14 (c), in which the symbol variation executed in the scene of FIG. 14 (c) is continued, and the horse of FIG. 14 (c). As a result of the image (CA1) running up while holding the white normal icon (ag2) displayed between the hold icon display area 812 and the variable icon display area 813, FIG. 14 ( It shows that the white normal icon (ag2) having a display mode different from that of the horse icon (ag2) displayed in the hold icon display area 812 in the scene of b) is displayed. Here, the variable icon displayed on the pedestal image dg of the variable icon display area 813 is the white normal icon (ag2) held by the horse image (CA1) in the scene of FIG. 14 (c).
Then, in the scene, the horse image (CA1) is displayed at a position that does not overlap with the normal icon (ag2) when the white normal icon (ag2) is displayed in the variable icon display area 813.
In the present embodiment, in the scene of FIG. 14D, it is exemplified that the variable icon corresponding to the “second display” is displayed in the variable icon display area 813, but at this timing, the “second display” is not always required. It is not necessary that "display" is displayed, and the timing at which "second display" is displayed is not limited as long as "third display" is displayed within the same symbol variation.

15 (e) is the next scene of FIG. 14 (d), and in the scene, the symbol change executed in the scene of FIG. 14 (d) is continued, and the change is shown in FIG. 14 (d). It is shown that the horse image (CA1) displayed at a position not overlapping the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the icon display area 813 is operating again on the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813. ing. At this time, it is desirable that the horse image (CA1) behaves differently from the variable icon at the timing of FIG. 14 (c). This is because it is easy for the player to understand that the effect is different due to the different operation modes.
Therefore, FIG. 15E shows that the horse image (CA1) kicks the normal white icon (ag2) in the variable icon display area 813.

15 (f) is the next scene of FIG. 15 (e), and in the scene, the symbol variation executed in the scene of FIG. 15 (e) is continued, and the variation is shown in FIG. 15 (e). As a result of the horse image (CA1) operating on the white normal icon (ag2) displayed in the icon display area 813, the variable icon display area 813 was displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 15 (e). It shows that the blue normal icon (ag2) having a display mode different from the normal white icon (ag2) is displayed. Here, the display mode in which the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 can be is not limited to the illustrated blue color, but includes any of green, red, and rainbow colors, and white is also included (FIG. 15 (FIG. 15). The aspect may not change from the scene of e)).

Next, a flow in the case of executing a horse rampage effect that can be executed at a timing after the horse rampage effect at the start will be described with reference to FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2.
Here, the timing after the horse rampage effect at the start is later than the timing at which the horse rampage effect at the start is ended if the horse rampage effect at the start is executed in the same symbol variation. Say that.
In the following description, the horse rampage effect executed at the above timing may be referred to as a horse rampage effect in the middle stage or a horse rampage effect (middle stage). However, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the horse rampage effect in the middle stage can be executed in the second pseudo-variation or the third pseudo-variation.
Further, although the details will be described later, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is an effect that can be executed in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is executed, and even in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is not executed. It is a production that can be performed.

FIG. 16-1 is a diagram illustrating one aspect of the horse rampage effect in the middle stage. Specifically, about the horse rampage effect in the middle stage, which is performed after the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIGS. 14 (c) to 15 (f), and the suggested target is the pending change (change of the variable icon). , Illustrated.
FIG. 16-1 (g) is a scene in which the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is started. In this scene, the symbol variation executed in the scene of FIG. 15 (f) continues, and the second pseudo. The time of the start of the fluctuation or the third pseudo-variation is illustrated. In FIG. 16-1 (g), the blue normal icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 15 (f) is displayed without change on hold, and FIG. 15 ( A horse image (CA2) having the same display as the horse image (CA1) displayed on the main display unit 81 in the scene of f) is displayed, and the horse image (CA2) is displayed in the variable icon display area 813. It shows how it rushes toward the blue normal icon that is displayed.
The horse image (CA2) of FIG. 16-1 (g) may be an image in which the horse image (CA1) of FIG. 15 (f) is continuously displayed in the display area of the main display unit 81. Alternatively, it may be an image displayed after the horse image (CA1) of FIG. 15 (f) disappears.

FIG. 16-1 (h) is the next scene of FIG. 16-1 (g), in which the pseudo-variation executed in the scene of FIG. 16-1 (g) is continued and changes. A blue normal icon is displayed in the icon display area 813. Then, the horse image (CA2) is displayed so as to be superimposed on the variable display area 811. At this time, the horse image (CA2) is displayed larger than any of the horse images (CA1) displayed in the horse rampage effect at the start. With this, can we expect more than the horse rampage production at the start? Can be reminiscent of the player.

FIG. 16-1 (i) is the next scene of FIG. 16-1 (h), in which the pseudo-variation executed in the scene of FIG. 16-1 (h) is continued. In the scene of 16-1 (h), the horse image (CA2) displayed on one side of the main display unit 81 violently kicks the blue normal icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813. It is desirable that this operation be more vigorous than the horse image (CA1) operating on the white normal icon in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene of FIG. 15 (e). By doing this, the player can expect a stronger hold change (increasing the expectation of winning a big hit) compared to the horse rampage production at the start. Can be reminiscent of the player.

FIG. 16-1 (j) is the next scene of FIG. 16-1 (i), in which the pseudo-variation executed in the scene of FIG. 16-1 (i) is continued. As a result of the horse image (CA2) of 16-1 (i) violently kicking the blue normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813, FIG. 16-1 (i) shows the variable icon display area 813. It shows that the red normal icon (ag2), which has a higher expectation of winning a big hit than the blue normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 in the scene, is displayed. Here, the display mode in which the variable icon displayed in the variable icon display area 813 can be is not limited to the illustrated red color, but includes any of green and rainbow colors, and also includes blue color (FIG. 15 (i)). The aspect may not change from the scene of FIG. 15 (i), but the white color is not included (the aspect does not change from the scene of FIG. 15 (i)).

FIG. 16-2 is a diagram illustrating one aspect of the horse rampage effect in the middle stage. Specifically, it illustrates the horse rampage effect in the middle stage, which is performed after the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIGS. 14 (c) to 15 (f), and the suggested object is the development effect A. ..
FIG. 16-2 (g') is a scene in which the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is started. FIG. 16-1 (g) illustrates the start of the second pseudo-variation or the third pseudo-variation, whereas FIG. 16-2 (g') shows the second pseudo-variation or the third pseudo-variation. It differs in that it illustrates the time when the reach state is formed in the pseudo-variation of.
Other than that, since it is the same as the explanation regarding FIG. 16-1 (g), the description here is omitted.

FIG. 16-2 (h') is the next scene of 16-2 (g').
FIG. 16-2 (h') is common to the description of FIG. 16-1 (g), except that the reach state formed in the scene of 16-2 (g') continues. Therefore, the description here is omitted.

FIG. 16-1 (i') is the next scene of FIG. 16-1 (h'), and in the scene, after the horse image (CA2) is displayed in the scene of 16-2 (g'), It is illustrated that the effect image corresponding to the development effect A is displayed in the development effect display area 814. At this time, the horse image (CA2) becomes smaller than the scene of 16-2 (g') and escapes to the outside of the development effect display area 814. By doing so, the player's interest can be smoothly transferred from the horse rampage effect (horse image (CA2)) in the middle stage to the effect image corresponding to the development effect A.
Here, the decorative design that has been variablely displayed in the variable display area 811 is hidden here, but a position that does not hinder the visibility of the effect image corresponding to the development effect A (outside or sub-display of the development effect display area 814). It may be evacuated to the display area of the unit 82 or the like, and may be variablely displayed according to a symbol smaller than the decorative symbol shown in FIG. 16-1 (h').

As described above with reference to FIGS. 16-1 and 16-2, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage is an effect that can be executed in the symbol change in which the horse rampage effect at the start is executed, and suggests a pending change. There are cases where the target is the target of the above, and cases where the development effect A is the target of the suggestion.
Further, as described above, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage may be executed even in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start was not executed. In this case, FIG. 16-1 or FIG. 16-2 shows. Since the illustrated image is diverted, it becomes common with the whole flow. Therefore, detailed description will be omitted.
Further, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage may target the development effect B, and the flow of the effect in this case is that the image displayed in the development effect display area 814 is replaced with the image corresponding to the development effect B. However, since it is generally the same as the flow shown in FIG. 16-2, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the horse icon may be displayed in the hold icon display area 812 (see FIGS. 14A and 14B), and the displayed horse icon is displayed as a hold icon. When moving from the area 812 to the variable icon display area 813, it becomes a white normal icon and is displayed in the variable icon display area 813 (see FIG. 14D). Then, during the symbol change, the horse image (CA1) displayed on the main display unit 81 operates on the normal icon displayed in the change icon display area 813, so that the display mode (color) of the normal icon is changed. There is a possibility (see FIG. 15 (f)).
Further, when the horse icon (CA1) having the same display as the horse icon displayed in the hold icon display area 812 is displayed from the hold icon display area 812 to the variable icon display area 813, the main display unit. By displaying in 81 and displaying the horse image (CA1) so as to operate on the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 (see FIG. 15 (e)), the variable icon display area. There is a possibility that the display mode of the normal icon (ag2) displayed on 813 may be changed.
Further, the horse image (CA1) displayed on the main display unit 81 and the horse image (CA2) having the same display are displayed so as to operate on the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813. As a result (see FIG. 16-1 (i)), the display mode of the normal icon (ag2) displayed in the variable icon display area 813 may be changed.

Here, how the above-mentioned horse hold effect, horse rampage effect at the start, and horse rampage effect in the middle stage can be combined and executed will be described with reference to the timing chart of FIG.
FIG. 17 shows the timing charts of FIGS. 14 (a) to 16-2 (i'). A, b, c, ... In the figure of FIG. 17 correspond to (a), (b), (c), ... Of FIGS. 14 to 16-2 (i').
FIG. 17A shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once at the start of the target symbol variation (the period shown as “the variation”).
FIG. 17B shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed twice during the execution of the symbol change of the target, and the second suggested target is the pending change.
FIG. 17C shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed twice during the execution of the symbol change of the target, and the second suggested target is the development effect.
FIG. 17D shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once in the middle of the symbol change of the target, and the suggested target is the pending change.
FIG. 17 (e) shows a case where the horse rampage effect is performed once in the middle of the symbol variation of the target and the suggested target is the development effect.

First, the case shown in FIG. 17A will be described.
After the horse icon (ag2) is displayed in the hold icon display area 812 as the hold icon corresponding to the "first display" (FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b)), the symbol change corresponding to the horse icon starts. When the horse icon moves to the variable icon display area 813, the horse rampage effect at the start is performed (FIG. 14 (c)).
Then, in the horse rampage effect at the start, the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" is displayed on the main display unit 81, and the horse image operates (FIG. 14 (c). )-FIG. 15 (e)), the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" is different from the hold icon (horse icon) corresponding to the "first display" (FIG. 15 (f)). ).
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect (FIGS. 14 (c) to 15 (f)) at the start shown in FIG. 17 (a) corresponds to the "first effect" of the present invention.
As described above, the "first effect" of the present invention can be said to be a kind of pending change effect widely known to players because the display mode of the second display (variable icon) changes. The hold change effect based on the operation of the image displayed as the first display (hold icon) until now (to be exact, the third display (horse image) that inherits the characteristics on the display) is new, so the player's interest is It can be strongly attracted.

As a matter of course, the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIGS. 17 (b) and 17 (c) is also the same as the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. Since it is executed by the flow shown in f), it can be said that it corresponds to the "first effect" of the present invention, and has the same effect as the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17 (a).
Although the details will be described later, all of the horse rampage effects at the start are executed in the flow corresponding to any of the timing charts shown in FIGS. 17 (a) to 17 (c) in the present embodiment. In other words, the horse rampage effect at the start executed in the gaming machine 10 of the present invention all corresponds to the "first effect" of the present invention.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17B will be described.
The horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17B corresponds to the "first effect" as described above.
The horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17B is an effect performed in the same symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start corresponding to the “first effect” is performed.
Further, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17B has the same display as the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the “third display” operated by the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. The horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed after the "third display" (FIG. 16-1 (g)).
Further, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (b) is a result of the operation of the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" (FIGS. 16-1 (g) to (j)), and the "first The display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to "two displays" may be different from the display mode (display mode of the hold icon shown in FIG. 15 (f)) at the end of the "first effect". It is a production. Further, as described above, there is a case where the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" does not change (when the display mode of the hold icon shown in FIG. 15 (f) remains). Is.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect (FIGS. 16-1 (g) to (j)) in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (b) corresponds to the "second effect" of the present invention.
As described above, the "second effect" of the present invention is a pending change effect that can be executed (may or may not be executed) in the same symbol variation as the "first effect", and The operation of the "fourth display" that inherits the characteristics of the "third display" that was operated in the "first effect" works. In other words, as a result of inheriting the display features in the order of "first display (hold icon)" → "third display (image that operates at the start of fluctuation)" → "fourth display (image that operates during fluctuation)". This is a pending change effect that can change the display mode of the "second display (variable icon)".
In this way, while inheriting the features on the display step by step, the hold change effect in which the trigger of the hold change occurs twice due to the same symbol change is novel, so that the player's interest can be strongly attracted.

As described above, the "fourth display (horse image CA2)" that operates in the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (b) corresponding to the "second effect" is FIG. 17 corresponding to the "first effect". Compared to the "third display (horse image CA1)" that operates in the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in (b), it is displayed larger on the main display unit 81 (particularly, it is larger at the timing of FIG. 16-1 (h)). Is displayed).
As described above, in the flow of the effect shown in FIG. 17B, the display mode of the "second display (variable icon)" can be changed step by step, and the "third display (horse image CA1)" to the "third display (horse image CA1)". Since the size is changed to "four display (horse image CA2)", it is possible to give the player a stronger feeling that the expectation of winning a big hit is increased in the pattern change.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17 (c) will be described.
The horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. 17 (c) corresponds to the "first effect" as described above.
The horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17C is an effect performed in the same symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start corresponding to the “first effect” is performed.
Further, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17C has the same display as the horse image (CA1) corresponding to the “third display” operated by the horse rampage effect at the start shown in FIG. The horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed after the "third display" (FIG. 16-2 (g')).
However, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (c) is caused by the operation of the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" (FIGS. 16-2 (g') to (i')). It is a production that excites (lively) the introduction of the development production A, and the display mode of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" does not change.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect (FIGS. 16-2 (g') to (i')) in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (c) does not correspond to the "second effect" of the present invention. In other words, although the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIGS. 17 (b) and 17 (c) bears a common effect name, whether or not it corresponds to the "second effect" of the present invention depending on the aspect thereof. It can be said that it is a separate production.

As shown in FIGS. 17A to 17C, the display mode of the "first display (holding icon)" corresponding to the symbol variation in which the rampage horse effect at the start corresponding to the "first effect" is performed is , A horse icon (FIG. 13 (b)) used for the horse hold effect, and the horse icon is a horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" and a horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display". Both include images having display identity.
Therefore, it can be said that the horse icon corresponds to the "specific display mode" of the present invention.

Further, the horse icon is a display mode of the "first display (holding icon)" corresponding to the symbol change during the pending symbol change in which the rampage horse effect at the start corresponding to the "first effect" is performed. , Since the image corresponds only to the hold icon, it is different from all the display modes (white, blue, green, red, rainbow) of the "second display (variable icon)" that can occur at the end of the "first effect". It can be said that. To put it the other way around, if the "first display (holding icon)" corresponding to the symbol change becomes a horse icon corresponding to the "specific display mode" while the symbol change is pending, the symbol change ends. The "second display (variable icon)" at the time is never a horse icon.
That is, since the horse icon is a special one (so-called special hold) that is different from all the display modes in which the "second display (variable icon)" can be changed by the "first effect", the player is a big hit suggested by the hold. It is possible to strengthen the interest in the "first production" in the hope that it will develop into a production that raises the expectation of winning.

Next, the case shown in FIG. 17D will be described.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 17D, since the horse hold effect is not executed during the period when the target symbol change is pending, other than the horse icon corresponding to the "specific display mode" in the period. The normal icon is displayed in the hold icon display area 812 (first display area) as the "first display (hold icon)".
As shown in the figure, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17D is executed in the symbol variation in which the horse rampage effect at the start is not performed. The horse image (CA1) corresponding to the "third display" is not displayed, while the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display" is displayed.
Further, the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (d) is illustrated in the images of the horse rampage effect in the middle stage (FIGS. 16-1 (g) to (j)) shown in FIG. 17 (b) as described above. As a result of the operation of the horse image (CA2) corresponding to the "fourth display", the display mode (color) of the variable icon corresponding to the "second display" is as follows. This is an effect that may be different from the display mode (one of the display modes of the hold icon) at the start of the symbol change. Further, although the details will be described later, there is a case where the display mode (color) of the variation icon corresponding to the "second display" does not change (the display mode at the start of the symbol variation remains).
Therefore, it can be said that the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (d) corresponds to the "third effect" of the present invention. In other words, although the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIGS. 17 (b) and 17 (d) bears a common effect name, whether it corresponds to the "second effect" of the present invention or "third" depending on the mode. It can be said that it is a production that is divided into whether it corresponds to "production".

Here, the display mode of the "second display (variable icon)" that can be the result of the "first effect" is all of the display modes of the normal icon (white, blue, green, red, rainbow) as described above. Therefore, there is a display mode of the second display that can occur at the end of the "second effect" (the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (b)) in which the "first effect" is performed in advance, and the third effect. The display mode of the second display, which may be at the end, is the same.
In this way, in the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (d), which corresponds to the "third effect", the "first effect" is not performed (the "third display" is not displayed) and suddenly. As a result of displaying the "fourth display", the "second display" is changed, but it is the same as the horse rampage effect in the middle stage shown in FIG. 17 (b) corresponding to the "second effect". Since it has a change pattern, the player can have the same expectation as the "second production" in the "third production".

Hereinafter, the effect control for realizing the horse hold effect, the horse rampage effect at the start, and the horse rampage effect in the middle stage described so far will be described in detail.

<Production judgment processing at the time of winning>
The effect determination process at the time of winning will be described with reference to FIG.
The prize-winning effect determination process is based on the effect controller command (pre-determination command) including the result of the pre-determination of the pre-determination means 125 transmitted from the main control board 100 when the start winning is generated. It is performed by the effect determination means 223 at the time of winning 200. In the winning effect determination process, whether or not to perform the horse hold effect, the final color of the hold when performing the horse hold effect, the content suggested by the horse hold effect, and the like are determined.
Step S202 determines the look-ahead advance notice system. This is based on the special figure fluctuation pattern shown in FIG. 10 (a) determined by the main control board 100, and for example, any notice such as horse hold effect, normal hold change notice, effect zone notice, stop roll notice, and the like. Decide whether to do. In the present embodiment, in order to explain the case where the horse hold notice, which is the characteristic notice of the present invention, is won, the gaming machine of the present invention is provided with the processing when another notice is won. Is omitted.

Step S204 determines whether or not it is decided to perform the horse hold effect based on the special figure fluctuation pattern. Here, among the special figure fluctuation patterns shown in FIG. 10, in the case of HNP and ASP3-C, the horse hold effect is not performed. This is because the horse hold effect is not suitable for a fluctuation pattern with a short fluctuation time because the horse rampage effect is executed when the target symbol changes. Therefore, the horse hold effect is not performed when the HNP is determined. .. In addition, the horse hold effect is an effect that raises the expectation of winning a big hit by a horse rampage effect in the target symbol change, and is not suitable for a change pattern in which a big hit is confirmed. Therefore, the special figure change pattern is determined to be ASP3-C. If not, do not do it.

In step S206, when it is decided to perform the horse hold effect in step S204, as the horse hold effect content, a subroutine (horse) that determines the horse hold effect content such as the final color of the hold and the target effect suggested by the horse hold effect. Hold effect determination process). The content of the horse hold effect determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

In step S208, when it is decided not to perform the horse hold effect in step S204, it is determined whether or not to perform the normal hold change effect different from the horse hold effect. The normal hold change effect is a hold change effect different from the horse hold effect, and is, for example, a suggestion that a predetermined character appears or a predetermined reach effect by changing the display mode of the hold. And so on. When it is decided to perform the normal hold change effect in step S208, it is performed by the subroutine (normal hold change effect determination process) for determining the content of the normal hold change effect in step S210. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the processing content of the normal pending change effect determination processing will be omitted.

Step S212 determines in step S208 whether or not to perform the look-ahead zone effect when it is determined not to perform the normal hold change effect. The look-ahead zone effect is an effect that announces whether or not to enter a period (zone) in which a predetermined effect is frequently performed. When it is determined in step S212 that the look-ahead zone effect is to be performed, the subroutine (look-ahead zone effect determination process) for determining the content of the look-ahead zone effect is performed in step S214. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the pre-reading zone effect determination process will be omitted.
If it is determined in step S212 that the look-ahead zone effect is not performed, the effect determination process at the time of winning is terminated.

FIG. 19 describes the horse hold effect determination process described in step S208 of FIG.
In step S302, the final color of the hold when the horse hold effect is performed is drawn based on the determination table of the final hold color shown in FIG. 20 (a).
The table for determining the final reserved color in FIG. 20A will be described.
As shown in FIG. 20 (a), the final colors of the hold when the horse hold effect is performed are white, blue, green, red, and rainbow colors, and the winning expectation of these jackpots is shown in FIG. 13 (a). ).
Further, the reserved final color is drawn by lottery based on the special figure variation pattern determined by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133.
If the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HRP, there is a 85/100 chance that the final color on hold will be white, a 10/100 chance that the final color on hold will be blue, and a 5/100 chance that it will be on hold. The final color is determined to be green. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP1-A, there is a 65/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be white, and a 20/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be blue, and a 10/100 probability. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 5/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP1-B, there is a 55/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be white, a 20/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be blue, and a 15/100 probability. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 10/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A, there is a 50/100 chance that the final color on hold will be white, a 25/100 chance that the final color on hold will be blue, and a 17/100 chance. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 8/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B, there is a 45/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be white, a 23/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be blue, and a 19/100 probability. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 13/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-A, there is a 20/100 probability that the final color on hold will be white, a 25/100 probability that the final color on hold will be blue, and a 25/100 probability. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 30/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-B, there is a 15/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be white, a 21/100 probability that the final color of the hold will be blue, and a 29/100 probability. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, and the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 35/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP1-A, the final color of the hold is white with a probability of 15/100, and the final color of the hold is blue with a probability of 22/100, 33/100. There is a probability that the final color of the hold will be green, a 29/100 chance that the final color of the hold will be red, and a 33/100 chance that the final color of the hold will be iridescent. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP1-B, there is a 12/100 chance that the final color on hold will be white, a 18/100 chance that the final color on hold will be blue, and a 40/100 chance. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 28/100, and the final color of the hold is determined to be iridescent with a probability of 2/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A, there is a 15/100 chance that the final color on hold will be white, a 20/100 chance that the final color on hold will be blue, and a 25/100 chance. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 35/100, and the final color of the hold is determined to be iridescent with a probability of 5/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B, the final color of the hold is white with a probability of 10/100, the final color of the hold is blue with a probability of 17/100, and the probability of 23/100 is 23/100. The final color of the hold is determined to be green, the final color of the hold is determined to be red with a probability of 44/100, and the final color of the hold is determined to be iridescent with a probability of 6/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A, there is a 15/100 chance that the final color on hold will be blue, a 25/100 chance that the final color on hold will be green, and a 51/100 chance. The final color of the hold is determined to be red, and the final color of the hold is determined to be rainbow with a probability of 9/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-B, the final color of the hold is blue with a probability of 10/100, the final color of the hold is green with a probability of 20/100, and the probability of 60/100 is 60/100. The final color of the hold is determined to be red, and the final color of the hold is determined to be rainbow with a probability of 10/100.
In this way, when the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 is determined to be lost, the rainbow color is not determined as the final color of the hold, and only when the special figure hit / fail determination means 131 determines a big hit, the hold is held. The final color is determined to be rainbow. Therefore, when the rainbow-colored hold appears, the player can know that it will be a big hit.
Further, when the special map variation pattern is determined to be lost by the special map accuracy determination means 131 and the special map variation pattern is determined to be HRP by the special map variation pattern deriving means 133, it is not determined to be red as the final color of the hold. Further, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to be lost by the special figure accuracy determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be any of HSP1-A, HSP1-B, HSP2-A, and HSP2-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133. As shown in FIG. 13A, the probability of being determined to be white as the final color of the hold is the highest, and the probability of being determined to be red as the final color of the hold is the lowest. Further, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to be lost by the special figure accuracy determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the final color of the hold is white. The probability of being determined to be lower than the probability of being determined to be red as the final color of the hold is set to be lower, but as shown in FIG. 10 (a), it is determined to be lost by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131. At that time, since the ratio of the special figure fluctuation pattern being determined by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133 to either HSP3-A or HSP3-B is low, the winning expectation of the jackpot shown in FIG. 13A is used. Is possible. Further, even if the special figure hit / fail determination means 131 is determined to be lost, a hold of a color having a high expectation of winning a big hit may appear, so that the player's interest when these hold appears is improved. be able to.
On the other hand, when the jackpot is determined by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined by any of ASP1-A, ASP1-B, ASP2-A, and ASP2-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133. Is set so that the probability that the final color of the hold is determined to be red is higher than the probability that the final color of the hold is determined to be white. Further, when the big hit is determined by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either ASP3-A or ASP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the final color of the hold is white. Will not be decided. By setting in this way, it is possible to obtain the winning expectation of the big hit shown in FIG. 13 (a). Here, the jackpot is determined by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131, and the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133 as ASP1-A, ASP1-B, ASP2-A, ASP2-B, ASP3-A, ASP3-. If it is determined to be any of B, the probability that it will be determined to be iridescent as the final color on hold is low. However, if it is determined to be lost by the special figure winning / failing determination means 131, it is not determined to be rainbow color as the final color of the hold, so it is possible to use the jackpot winning expectation as shown in FIG. 13 (a). It becomes. Further, when the rainbow color appears as the final color of the hold, it becomes a big hit. Therefore, if the probability of being determined to be the rainbow color as the final color of the hold is too high, the player's interest may be lowered.

Returning to FIG. 19, in step S304, the target suggested by the horse image (CA2) displayed on the main display unit 81 described with reference to FIGS. 16-1 to 16-2 is determined during the horse holding effect. This decision is made using the decision table of the suggestion target of FIG. 20 (b).
Here, the determination table of the suggestion target of FIG. 20B will be described.
First, "none", "pending change", "development effect A", and "development effect B" shown in FIG. 20B will be described.
When it is determined to be "none", the production proceeds according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (a).
When it is determined to be "pending change", the production proceeds according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (b).
When it is determined to be "development effect A" or "development effect B", the effect proceeds according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (c).

Then, as shown in FIG. 20 (b), when the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HRP, HSP1-A, and HSP1-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is only "none". It is determined.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 80/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 10/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production A" with a probability of 10/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 80/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 10/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production B" with a probability of 10/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-A by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 70/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 15/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production A" with a probability of 15/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 70/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 15/100. , And the suggestion target is determined to be "development production B" with a probability of 15/100.
When the special figure variation pattern is determined to be ASP1-A and ASP1-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined only to "none".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 60/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 20/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production A" with a probability of 20/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 60/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 20/100. , And the suggestion target is determined to be "development production B" with a probability of 20/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 50/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 25/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production A" with a probability of 25/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "none" with a probability of 50/100, and the suggestion target is "pending change" with a probability of 25/100. Is determined, and the suggestion target is determined to be "development production B" with a probability of 25/100.

As described above, by using the lottery table shown in FIG. 20 (b), the suggestion target is "none" (the flow of the effect shown in FIG. 17 (a)), and the lottery value is special. While the case where the figure fluctuation pattern is out of alignment is allocated higher than the case where the jackpot is hit, the suggestion target is "pending change" (the flow of the effect shown in FIG. 17B). ) Regarding the lottery value, the case where the special figure fluctuation pattern is a big hit is allocated higher than the case where it is out of order. Therefore, the winning expectation of the jackpot in the symbol variation in which the first effect and the second effect are executed is higher than the winning expectation of the jackpot in the symbol variation in which the first effect is executed and the second effect is not executed. ..
Therefore, the effect of the effect of the present invention can be enhanced.

Returning to FIG. 19, step S306 determines whether the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" in step S304, and if it is determined to be "pending change", proceeds to step S308 to suggest a pending change. Determine fluctuations. The number of pseudo fluctuations suggesting a pending change is determined by using the pseudo fluctuation table suggesting a pending change in FIG. 21 (a).
Here, a pseudo-variation table suggesting a pending change in FIG. 21 (a) will be described.
“Pseudo 2” shown in FIG. 21 (a) suggests that the hold changes at the time of the second pseudo change in the change of the horse hold effect, and “pseudo 3” indicates the horse hold. It is suggested that the hold changes at the time of the third pseudo change in the change of the effect.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A or HSP2-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, since HSP2-A or HSP2-B is a fluctuation pattern that performs two pseudo fluctuations, all the fluctuation patterns are performed. In some cases, it is decided to be "pseudo 2".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, since HSP3-A or HSP3-B is a fluctuation pattern that performs three pseudo fluctuations, 50 / It is determined to be "pseudo 2" with a probability of 100 and "pseudo 3" with a probability of 50/100.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A or ASP2-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, since ASP2-A or ASP2-B is a fluctuation pattern that performs two pseudo fluctuations, all of them. In some cases, it is determined to be "pseudo 2".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A or ASP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, since ASP3-A or ASP3-B is a fluctuation pattern that performs three pseudo fluctuations, 20 / It is determined to be "pseudo 2" with a probability of 100 and "pseudo 3" with a probability of 80/100.
By determining the pseudo-variation that suggests the hold change in this way, it is possible to increase the expectation of winning the jackpot as the timing of the change of the hold is later in the change in which the horse hold effect is performed.

Returning to FIG. 19, step S310 sets the horse rampage effect (middle stage) so as to change to the final color of the hold determined in step S302 in the pseudo-variation suggesting the hold change determined in step S308.

In step S312, the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation is determined using the reservation table of the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation shown in FIG. 21 (b).
Here, a table showing the rules for determining the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation shown in FIG. 21B will be described.
In FIG. 21B, when the final reserved color determined in step S302 is “white”, the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be “white”. If the final reserved color determined in step S302 is "blue", the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white" or "blue". If the final reserved color determined in step S302 is "green", the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white", "blue", or "green". If the final reserved color determined in step S302 is "red", the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined to be "white", "blue", "green", or "red". If the final reserved color determined in step S302 is "rainbow color", the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is set to either "white", "blue", "green", "red", or "rainbow color". decide.
In this way, when the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation is determined based on the previously determined final reserved color, the reserved color with a higher expectation of winning a jackpot than the final reserved color is not determined as the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation. It is preferable to set it to. This is because if the final color on hold is a hold color with a lower expectation of winning a big hit than the hold color immediately after the start of fluctuation, a so-called downfall state may occur, which may reduce the interest of the player.
In addition, since the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation and the final reserved color are included in the same case, the horse rampage production is no longer a production that always raises the expectation of winning a big hit, which causes the player's expectation and impatience. Both can be aroused.
In the present embodiment, the actual lottery table (lottery value assigned to each reserved color) for determining the reserved color immediately after the start of fluctuation based on the final reserved color may be appropriately set for the purpose of improving the interest of the player. Therefore, it is omitted here.

Returning to FIG. 19, step S314 sets the reserved color immediately after the start of the fluctuation determined in step S312 to be the reserved color for the horse rampage effect (at the start).
Next, step S316 is a process to be performed when it is determined in step S306 that the "pending change" has not been determined. In step S316, it is determined in step S304 whether or not the suggestion target is determined to be "development effect A" or "development effect B", and if it is determined, the process proceeds to step S318, and if it is not determined ( If "none" is determined in step S304), the process proceeds to step S322.

Step S318 is set so that the horse rampage effect (middle stage) is performed in the pseudo-variation in which the development effect corresponding to the suggestion target determined in step S304 is performed, and this process ends.
At the start of the pseudo-variation in which the horse rampage effect set in step S318 is performed, step S320 sets the color of the variation icon to the pending final color determined in step S302, and ends this process.

Step S322 sets the reserved final color determined in step S302 to be the reserved color for the horse rampage effect (at the start), and ends this process.

<Production judgment processing at the start of fluctuation>
The effect determination process at the start of fluctuation will be described with reference to FIG. 22. In the effect determination process at the start of fluctuation, it is determined whether or not to perform the horse hold effect at the timing when the symbol variation starts, and the content of the effect associated with the horse hold effect.
That is, in the present embodiment, the horse hold effect is a winning effect determination process (see FIG. 18) performed at the timing when the game ball is won, and a variation start effect determination process (see FIG. 22) performed at the timing when the symbol variation starts. ) Twice the determination process.
By repeating the determination timing a plurality of times in this way, it is possible to increase the effect pattern of the horse hold effect without increasing the number of symbol variation patterns.

In the pre-development advance notice system determination process of step S402, it is determined whether or not to develop the effect during the symbol variation including the horse rampage effect developed from the horse hold effect, and if it is developed, the effect mode and the like. The pre-development advance notice system determination process determines the pre-development advance notice system based on the special figure variation pattern determined by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133.
In step S404, it is determined in step S402 whether or not it is determined to develop into a horse rampage effect. Here, the conditions under which the horse rampage effect is to be performed in step S404 are (1) that the pre-development notice of the horse rampage effect has not been determined in the effect determination process at the time of starting winning (the horse rampage effect due to a power failure or the like). (Including the case where the one determined in the pre-development notice is cleared) (2) Pseudo-variation 2 times pseudo-variation pattern or pseudo-variation 3 times pseudo-variation pattern (3) Hold color at the start of symbol change It may be decided to perform a horse rampage effect if at least all of the fact that is "white" is satisfied. If it is decided to execute the horse rampage effect, the process proceeds to step S406, and if it is determined not to execute the horse rampage effect, the process proceeds to step S408.

Step S406 is a subroutine (horse rampage effect determination process) for determining the target effect suggested as the content of the horse rampage effect and the suggested reserved color when it is determined in step S404 to perform the horse rampage effect. The content of the horse rampage effect determination process will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 23, the horse rampage effect determination process will be described.
Step S502 determines an object suggested by the horse image (CA2) displayed on the main display unit 81 described with reference to FIGS. 16-1 to 16-2. This decision is made using the decision table of the suggestion target of FIG. 24 (a).
Here, the determination table of the suggestion target of FIG. 24A will be described.
First, the "pending change", the "development effect A", and the "development effect B" shown in FIG. 24A will be described.
When it is determined to be "pending change", the production proceeds according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (d).
When it is determined to be "development effect A" or "development effect B", the effect proceeds according to the flow shown in FIG. 17 (e).
The "pending change", "development effect A", and "development effect B" shown in FIG. 24 (a) are the same as those in FIG. 20 (b).

When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A or HSP3-A by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100. The suggestion target is determined to be "development production A".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B or HSP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100. The suggestion target is determined to be "development production A".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A or ASP3-A by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100. The suggestion target is determined to be "development production A".
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B or ASP3-B by the special figure fluctuation pattern deriving means 133, the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" with a probability of 50/100, and the probability of 50/100. The suggestion target is determined to be "development production B".

Returning to FIG. 23, step S504 determines whether the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" in step S502, and if it is determined to be "pending change", proceeds to step S506 and suspends suggesting a pending change. Determine the color. The reserved color suggesting a pending change is determined using the pending color determination table suggested in FIG. 24 (b).
Here, a hold color determination table suggesting a hold change in FIG. 24 (b) will be described.
As shown in FIG. 24 (b), the colors of the hold when suggesting the hold change are white, blue, green, red, and rainbow colors, and the winning expectation of these jackpots is shown in FIG. 13 (a). As shown.
Further, the reserved color suggesting the pending change is drawn by lottery based on the special map variation pattern determined by the special map variation pattern deriving means 133.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-A, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 50/100 is white, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 25/100 is blue. The reserved color suggesting a pending change is determined to be green with a probability of 17/100, and the reserved color suggesting a pending change is determined to be red with a probability of 8/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP2-B, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 45/100 is white, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 23/100 is blue. The pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 19/100 is determined to be green, and the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 13/100 is determined to be red. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-A, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 20/100 is white, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 25/100 is blue. The pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 25/100 is determined to be green, and the pending color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 30/100 is determined to be red. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be HSP3-B, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 15/100 is white, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 21/100 is blue. With a probability of 29/100, the final color of the hold is determined to be green, and with a probability of 35/100, the hold color suggesting a hold change is determined to be red.
When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-A, the final color of the hold is white with a probability of 15/100, and the hold color suggesting a hold change is blue with a probability of 20/100, 25. The hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of / 100 is green, the hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of 35/100 is red, and the hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of 5/100 is rainbow. It is determined. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP2-B, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 10/100 is white, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 17/100 is blue. The hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of 23/100 is green, the hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of 44/100 is red, and the hold color that suggests a hold change with a probability of 6/100 is rainbow. Will be decided. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-A, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 15/100 is blue, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 25/100 is green. The reserved color suggesting a pending change is determined to be red with a probability of 51/100, and the reserved color suggesting a pending change is determined to be rainbow color with a probability of 9/100. When the special figure fluctuation pattern is determined to be ASP3-B, the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 10/100 is blue, and the hold color suggesting a hold change with a probability of 20/100 is green. The reserved color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 60/100 is determined to be red, and the reserved color suggesting a pending change with a probability of 10/100 is determined to be rainbow color.
In this way, when the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 is determined to be lost, the rainbow color is not determined as the hold color suggesting the hold change, and only when the special figure hit / fail determination means 131 determines a big hit. , The rainbow color is not determined as the pending color that suggests a pending change. Therefore, when the rainbow-colored hold appears, the player can know that it will be a big hit.
Further, the case where the special figure variation pattern is determined to be lost by the special figure accuracy determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either HSP2-A or HSP2-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 is also shown in FIG. 13 (a). The probability of being determined to be white as the reserved color suggesting a pending change is the highest, and the probability of being determined to be red as the reserved color suggesting a pending change is the lowest. Further, when the special figure variation pattern is determined to be lost by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, a hold suggesting a pending change is reserved. The probability of being determined to be white as a color is set lower than the probability of being determined to be red as a reserved color suggesting a pending change. When the loss is determined by 131, the ratio of the special figure variation pattern determined to either HSP3-A or HSP3-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 is low, so that the jackpot shown in FIG. 13 (a) is hit. It is possible to set the winning expectation. Further, even if the special figure hit / fail determination means 131 is determined to be lost, a hold of a color having a high expectation of winning a big hit may appear, so that the player's interest when these hold appears is improved. be able to.
On the other hand, when the jackpot is determined by the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 and the special figure variation pattern is determined to be either ASP2-A or ASP2-B by the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133, a hold suggesting a pending change is reserved. The probability of being determined to be red as the color is set higher than the probability of being determined to be white as the reserved color suggesting a pending change. Further, when the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 determines a big hit and the special figure variation pattern derivation means 133 determines the special figure variation pattern to be either ASP3-A or ASP3-B, a hold suggesting a pending change is reserved. The color is never determined to be white. By setting in this way, it is possible to obtain the winning expectation of the big hit shown in FIG. 13 (a). Here, the special figure hit / miss determination means 131 determines the jackpot, and the special figure variation pattern deriving means 133 determines the special figure variation pattern to be any one of ASP2-A, ASP2-B, ASP3-A, and ASP3-B. In this case, it is unlikely that the rainbow color will be determined as the pending color that suggests a pending change. However, if it is determined to be lost by the special figure winning / failing determination means 131, it is not determined to be a rainbow color as a pending color suggesting a pending change, so the winning expectation of the jackpot shown in FIG. 13A is used. It becomes possible. Further, when the rainbow color appears as the final color of the hold, it becomes a big hit. Therefore, if the probability of being determined to be the rainbow color as the hold color suggesting the hold change is too high, the player's interest may be lowered.
In this embodiment, the reserved final color determination table of FIG. 20 (a) is used as the reserved color determination table suggested by FIG. 24 (b). By doing so, it is possible to reduce the data capacity. However, the reserved color determination table suggested by FIG. 24 (b) does not necessarily have to be diverted from the reserved final color determination table of FIG. 20 (a), and may be a different lottery table.

Returning to FIG. 23, in step S508, the number of pseudo fluctuations suggesting the pending change is determined by using the pseudo fluctuation table suggesting the holding change in FIG. 21 (a). Since the table used in step S308 of FIG. 19 is diverted from FIG. 21A, the description thereof is omitted here. By diverting the data in this way, it is possible to reduce the data capacity. However, it is not always necessary to divert the pseudo-variable table shown in FIG. 21 (a), and a different lottery table may be used.
Next, in step S510, the horse rampage effect (middle stage) is set so as to change to the hold color suggesting the hold change determined in step S506 in the pseudo change suggesting the hold change determined in step S508.
Step S512 is a process to be performed when it is not determined in step S504 that the suggestion target is determined to be "pending change" (when "development effect A" or "development effect B" is determined). In step S512, the horse rampage effect (middle stage) is set to be performed in the pseudo-variation in which the development effect corresponding to the suggestion target determined in step S502 is performed, and this process is terminated. Therefore, in this case, the horse image (CA2) is suddenly displayed during the symbol change without displaying the horse hold image, and the horse rampage effect is performed. With this configuration, the horse rampage effect may be performed even when the horse hold image is not displayed, so that the player's interest in the horse rampage effect can be improved.

Returning to FIG. 22, step S408 determines whether or not the step-up effect is determined in step S402, and if the step-up notice is determined, the process proceeds to the subroutine (step-up effect determination process) of step S410. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the step-up effect determination process will be omitted.
Further, it is determined in step S402 whether the step-up effect is determined, and if it is not determined in the step-up notice, the process proceeds to step S412, and it is determined in step S402 whether the cut-in effect is determined and the cut-in effect is determined. If so, the process proceeds to the subroutine (cut-in effect determination process) in step S414. In this embodiment, the detailed description of the cut-in effect determination process will be omitted.
It is determined in step S402 whether the cut-in effect is determined, and if the cut-in effect is not determined, the present process is terminated.

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In addition, if the first display corresponding to the symbol change does not become a specific display mode (corresponding to the horse icon) while the symbol change is pending, the display mode of the second display at the start of the symbol change and the relevant display mode. The display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol change may be the same.
That is, when the hold icon displayed in the hold icon display area 812 is a normal icon (when the horse icon is not displayed), the display mode of the change icon displayed in the change icon display area 813 at the start of the symbol change. , The display mode of the variation icon at the end of the symbol variation may be the same.
By doing so, if the horse icon is not displayed in the hold icon display area 812, the change icon displayed in the change icon display area 813 may not change, so that the horse icon is displayed in the hold icon display area 812. It is possible to enhance the player's interest in doing things.

In addition, the jackpot winning expectation degree suggested by a specific display mode (corresponding to a horse icon) is a display mode (corresponding to a rainbow-colored normal icon) in which a jackpot winning is confirmed among display modes other than the specific display mode. Among the display modes excluded, the display mode is higher than the one with the lowest expectation of winning the jackpot (corresponding to the white normal icon) and lower than the one having the highest expectation of winning the jackpot (corresponding to the red normal icon).
With this configuration, the specific display mode deterministically indicates the pending change, but by positioning it in this way, it is possible to arouse both the player's expectation and impatience. ..

In addition, if the first display (hold icon) corresponding to the symbol change does not have a specific display mode (when the horse icon does not change) while the symbol change is on hold, the second display at the start of the symbol change. The display mode of the (variable icon) may be the same as the display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol variation. This is because if the first display (hold icon) corresponding to the symbol change does not have a specific display mode (when it does not become a horse icon) while the symbol change is on hold, the hold color suggesting the hold change is , The reservation is made using the hold color determination table suggesting the hold change in FIG. 24 (b). Then, based on the determined reserved color, the display mode of the second display at the start of the symbol variation is determined according to the rule regarding the determination of the reserved color immediately after the start of the variation shown in FIG. 21 (b). The display mode of the second display (variation icon) at the start of the fluctuation and the display mode of the second display at the end of the symbol variation can be the same.
By doing so, if a specific display mode (horse icon) is not obtained, the display mode of the second display becomes the same at the start of the symbol change and at the end of the symbol change, that is, the first. (Ii) Since the display mode of the display (variable icon) may not change, it is possible to increase the interest in the first display being the specific display mode.

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This embodiment includes the following technical ideas.
(1)
A gaming machine that executes a hit / fail judgment to determine whether or not a jackpot is won with the start of a symbol change, and suspends the start of the symbol change until the change start condition is satisfied.
Directing means and
An effect control means that controls the effect means to execute a plurality of effects, and an effect control means.
Equipped with
The effect means includes an image display means, and the effect means includes an image display means.
The display area of the image display means includes a first display area in which the first display corresponding to the symbol change is displayed while the symbol change is pending, and a second display corresponding to the symbol change during execution of the symbol change. Is displayed in the second display area, and contains,
The first display and the second display suggest the winning expectation of the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode.
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the symbol variation constitutes at least a part of the first display. A third display having the same display as the image was displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a different display mode from the first display. be,
A gaming machine characterized by that.
(2)
The display mode of the first display corresponding to the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed is a specific display mode including an image having the same display as the third display.
When the first display corresponding to the symbol change becomes the specific display mode while the symbol change is pending, the second display at the end of the symbol change does not have the specific display mode.
The gaming machine according to (1).
(3)
The jackpot winning expectation suggested by the specific display mode is higher than the lowest and lower than the highest winning expectation of the jackpot suggested by the display modes other than the specific display mode.
The gaming machine according to (2).
(4)
In the second effect performed in the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed, the fourth display having the same display as the third display operated in the first effect is the image display after the third display. It is an effect displayed on the means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display may have a display mode different from that at the end of the first effect.
The fourth display that operates in the second effect is displayed larger on the image display means than the third display that operates in the first effect.
The gaming machine according to any one of (1) to (3).
(5)
The specific display mode includes an image having the same display as both the third display and the fourth display.
The third effect performed during the symbol change is executed after the first display of the display mode other than the specific display mode is displayed in the first display area while the symbol change is pending, and the symbol change is in progress. The fourth display is displayed without displaying the third display on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display has a display mode different from that at the start of the symbol variation. It is a possible production,
The display mode of the second display that can occur at the end of the second effect and the display mode of the second display that can occur at the end of the third effect are the same.
The gaming machine according to (4), which is subordinate to (2).
(A)
If the first display corresponding to the symbol change does not become the specific display mode while the symbol change is pending, the display mode of the second display at the start of the symbol change and the end of the symbol change. May be the same as the display mode of the second display in the above.
The gaming machine according to (2).
(B)
The jackpot winning expectation degree suggested by the specific display mode is the most winning of the jackpot among the display modes other than the specific display mode, excluding the display mode in which the jackpot winning is confirmed. Higher than the one with the lowest expectation and lower than the one with the highest expectation of winning the jackpot,
The gaming machine according to (3).

10 Game machine 15 Outer frame 17 Middle frame 20 Front frame 21 Hing mechanism 22 Movable decorative body 23 Cylinder lock 25 Transparent member 27 Upper ball saucer 29 Lower ball saucer 31 Operation handle 32 Upper frame 33 (33a, 33b) Speakers 34a, 34b Left right frame part 35 (35a, 35b, 35c) Frame lamp 36 Ball removal mechanism 37 Direction button 38 Cursor button 38a Up cursor button 38b Down cursor button 38c Left cursor button 38d Right cursor button 38e Middle cursor button 39 Main operation part 39a Ball Rental button 39b Return button 40 Power switch 43 RAM clear switch 46 Game ball tank 47 Tank rail 48 Payout unit 49 Payout passage 50 Game board 50a Game area 51 Outer rail 52 Windmill 53 Inner rail 54 Protective member 55 Large winning opening 57 First start Port 59 2nd starting port 61 Ordinary electric accessory 62 Ordinary electric accessory solenoid 63 Gate 65 Special electric accessory 66 Special electric accessory solenoid 67 General winning port 69 Out port 70 1st starting port sensor 71 2nd starting port sensor 72 Large winning opening sensor 73 General winning opening sensor 74 Gate sensor 75 Out-ball sensor 76 Middle frame opening sensor 77 Front frame opening sensor 80 Direction display device 81 Main display unit 82 Sub display unit 82a Upper sub display unit 82b Left sub display unit 82c Right sub display unit 83 Volume adjustment unit 84 Brightness adjustment unit 85 Effect shield 85a Upper left effect shield 85b Upper right effect shield 85c Lower left effect shield 85d Lower right effect shield 90 Symbol display device 91 1st special symbol display device 92 2nd special symbol display device 93 Normal symbol display device 94 1st special symbol hold lamp 95 2nd special symbol hold lamp 96 Normal symbol hold lamp 100 Main control board 101 CPU
102 ROM
103 RAM
104 I / O port 105 Random number circuit 109 Main control board Case 110 Ball entry determination means 115 Main random number generation means 120 Main hold control means 125 Pre-judgment means 130 Special figure lottery means 131 Special figure winning / failing judgment means 132 Special figure stop symbol lottery means 133 Special figure fluctuation pattern derivation means 135 Normal figure lottery means 140 Big hit game control means 145 Symbol display control means 150 Electric accessory control means 155 Game state control means 160 Main information storage means 165 Main error control means 170 Main command management means 175 Electric processing execution means 176 Return state setting means 179 Gameable state transition means 180 Power cut processing execution means 200 First sub-control board 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
204 I / O port 209 1st sub control board case 210 Sub random number generation means 220 Normal effect control means 221 Effect mode control means 222 Effect route determination means 223 Sub hold control means 224 Look-ahead effect control means 225 Effect content determination means 226 Decorative pattern Control means 227 Jackpot effect control means 230 Sub-error control means 240 Lamp control means 245 Movable accessory control means 250 Volume adjustment means 255 Brightness adjustment means 260 Sub-information storage means 270 Sub-command management means 300 Second sub-control board 301 CPU
302 ROM
303 RAM
304 I / O port 309 2nd sub control board case 310 Voice control board 311 CPU
312 ROM
313 RAM
314 I / O port 400 Payout control board 409 Payout control board Case 500 Power supply control board 501 Normal power supply circuit 502 Backup power supply circuit 503 Power failure detection circuit 509 Power supply control board case 811 Variable display area 812 Hold icon display area 813 Variable icon display area 814 Development effect display area X 1st flow path Y 2nd flow path ag0 Icon image ag1 Icon image ag2 Icon image ag3 Icon image ag4 Icon image CA1 Horse image CA2 Horse image dg Pedestal image

Claims (5)

A gaming machine that executes a hit / fail judgment to determine whether or not a jackpot is won with the start of a symbol change, and suspends the start of the symbol change until the change start condition is satisfied.
Directing means and
An effect control means that controls the effect means to execute a plurality of effects, and an effect control means.
Equipped with
The effect means includes an image display means, and the effect means includes an image display means.
The display area of the image display means includes a first display area in which the first display corresponding to the symbol change is displayed while the symbol change is pending, and a second display corresponding to the symbol change during execution of the symbol change. Is displayed in the second display area, and contains,
The first display and the second display suggest the winning expectation of the jackpot in the corresponding symbol variation by the display mode.
The first effect performed when the first display displayed in the first display area moves to the second display area with the start of the symbol variation constitutes at least a part of the first display. A third display having the same display as the image was displayed on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the third display, the second display has a different display mode from the first display. be,
A gaming machine characterized by that. The display mode of the first display corresponding to the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed is a specific display mode including an image having the same display as the third display.
When the first display corresponding to the symbol change becomes the specific display mode while the symbol change is pending, the second display at the end of the symbol change does not have the specific display mode.
The gaming machine according to claim 1. The jackpot winning expectation suggested by the specific display mode is higher than the lowest and lower than the highest winning expectation of the jackpot suggested by the display modes other than the specific display mode.
The gaming machine according to claim 2. In the second effect performed in the symbol variation in which the first effect is performed, the fourth display having the same display as the third display operated in the first effect is the image display after the third display. It is an effect displayed on the means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display may have a display mode different from that at the end of the first effect.
The fourth display that operates in the second effect is displayed larger on the image display means than the third display that operates in the first effect.
The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The specific display mode includes an image having the same display as both the third display and the fourth display.
The third effect performed during the symbol change is executed after the first display of the display mode other than the specific display mode is displayed in the first display area while the symbol change is pending, and the symbol change is in progress. The fourth display is displayed without displaying the third display on the image display means, and as a result of the operation of the fourth display, the second display has a display mode different from that at the start of the symbol variation. It is a possible production,
The display mode of the second display that can occur at the end of the second effect and the display mode of the second display that can occur at the end of the third effect are the same.
The gaming machine according to claim 4, which is subordinate to claim 2.

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