JP2022127206A - game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a game machine capable of increasing the interest in a game until an advantageous performance is executed.SOLUTION: A Pachinko game machine 1 includes a performance control microcomputer 91 capable of executing an advantageous performance (announcement performance, ready to-win performance) that suggests an expectation degree of winning. The performance control microcomputer 91 can display advantage icons 9a to 9h indicating in advance that which advantageous production will be executed, and display an icon 9B that does not return to SP indicating in advance that an advantage icon will be displayed. The icon 9B that does not return to the SP indicates that the advantage icons 9e, 9g, 9h are not displayed in a first performance section (pre-SP ready-to-win section), and that the advantage icons 9e, 9g, 9h are displayed in a second performance section (post-SP ready-to-win section) that comes after the first performance section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 47

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to gaming machines typified by pachinko gaming machines and the like.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, pachinko gaming machines, which are an example of gaming machines, are known to be capable of executing an advantageous effect (for example, advance notice effect) that suggests the possibility of being controlled to a jackpot game state. In this type of pachinko gaming machine, for example, like the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 below, there is a case where an advance advantageous image is displayed to indicate in advance that the advance notice effect will be executed. As a result, the player can grasp in advance the announcement effect to be executed by looking at the preliminary advantageous image.

JP 2016-159174 A

However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, the advance advantage image is suddenly displayed to the player. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to expect the display of the pre-advantage image. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the amusement of the game from the display of the pre-advantageous image to the execution of the advantageous effect.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. That is, the object is to provide a gaming machine capable of increasing the interest in the game until the advantageous effect is executed.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
a game control means capable of controlling a special game state advantageous to a player when a hit is determined by a hit determination;
In a gaming machine comprising an effect control means capable of executing an advantageous effect suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the special game state,
The production control means is
It is possible to display a prior advantageous image indicating in advance which advantageous effect is to be executed,
It is possible to display a preliminary standby image that indicates in advance that the preliminary advantageous image will be displayed;
The preliminary standby image indicates that the preliminary advantageous image is not displayed in the first rendering section, while the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the second rendering section which is after the first rendering section. The game machine is characterized by having a special preliminary standby image indicating that the game will be played.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to increase the interest in the game until the advantageous effect is executed.

1 is a perspective view of a gaming machine according to this embodiment; FIG. (A) is a diagram when the frame movable body is in the retracted position, and (B) is a diagram when the frame movable body is in the projecting position. It is a front view of a game board provided in the gaming machine. (A) is a view when the board movable body is at the standby position, and (B) is a view when the board movable body is at the operating position. (A) is a diagram when the logo sword character is in the normal position, and (B) is a diagram when the logo sword character is in the push-in position. It is an enlarged view of the A portion shown in FIG. 3, and is a view showing display devices provided in the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the main control board side of the gaming machine. It is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the sub-control board side of the gaming machine. It is a figure explaining the detail of RAM with which a main-control board is provided. It is a figure explaining the detail of RAM with which a sub-control board is provided. It is a table showing the correspondence between the types of jackpots and the opening patterns of the jackpots. It is the table|surface which shows the various random numbers which the microcomputer for game control acquires. (A) is a big hit determination table, (B) is a ready-to-win determination table, (C) is a normal symbol hit determination table, and (D) is a normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a special figure variation pattern determination table. It is an electric chew opening pattern determination table. It is a specific table of start winning commands. 4 is a flowchart of main control main processing; 10 is a flowchart of main-side timer interrupt processing; 6 is a flowchart of sensor detection processing; It is a flow chart of gate passage processing. 4 is a flowchart of normal operation processing; 4 is a flowchart of special action processing; It is a flowchart of a special symbol standby process. It is a flowchart of big hit determination processing. It is a flow chart of variation pattern selection processing. It is a flow chart of variation pattern selection processing. It is a flowchart of processing during special symbol fluctuation. It is a flowchart of special design decision processing. It is a flowchart of a game state management process. It is a flowchart of special electric accessary product processing. It is a flowchart of a game state setting process. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining the mechanism by which a stereoscopic image can be seen. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining a mechanism in which a stereoscopic image can be seen in front of a display screen. (A) and (B) are diagrams for explaining a mechanism in which a stereoscopic image can be seen behind the display screen. It is a timing chart of 3D stop notice effect. It is a figure which shows 3D stop notice production. It is a figure which shows 3D stop notice production. It is a figure which shows 3D stop notice production. It is a figure which shows 3D icon announcement production|presentation. It is a figure which shows 3D icon announcement production|presentation. FIG. 11 illustrates a pending promotion zone presentation; It is a figure which shows 3D icon combination production. It is a figure which shows when the operation timing announcement effect is started. It is a figure which shows the case where pressing-down operation is carried out when the button pending|holding icon is displayed on the 3rd pending|holding display area in the operation timing advance notice production. It is a figure which shows the case where pressing-down operation is carried out when the button pending|holding icon is displayed on the 2nd pending|holding display area in the operation timing advance notice production. It is a figure which shows the case where pressing-down operation is carried out when the button pending|holding icon is displayed on the 1st pending|holding display area in the operation timing advance notice production. (A) is a diagram showing the types of advantageous icons that appear when an icon that always returns is displayed, and (B) shows the types of advantageous icons that appear when an icon that does not return to SP is displayed. It is a diagram. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an effect when a always return icon is displayed; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an effect when a always return icon is displayed; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an effect when a always return icon is displayed; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an effect when a always return icon is displayed; It is a figure which shows the example of a production|presentation when the icon which does not return to SP is displayed. It is a figure which shows the example of a production|presentation when the icon which does not return to SP is displayed. It is a figure which shows the example of a production|presentation when the icon which does not return to SP is displayed. It is a figure which shows the example of a production|presentation when the icon which does not return to SP is displayed. It is a figure which shows the case where it changes from the icon which always returns to the icon which does not return to SP. It is a table showing the winning expectation of the 3D stop notice effect. It is a table showing the degree of winning expectation of the icon announcement effect. FIG. 10 is a table showing the degree of expectation for winning the pseudo-continue notice effect; FIG. It is a table|surface which shows the winning expectation degree of reach production|presentation. FIG. 10 is a table showing winning expectations of the chance-up notice effect; FIG. 9 is a flowchart of sub-control main processing; 4 is a flowchart of reception interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 1 ms timer interrupt processing; 10 is a flowchart of 10 ms timer interrupt processing; It is a figure which shows the 3D icon combination production|presentation of a modification. It is a figure which shows the operation timing preliminary announcement production|presentation of a modification.

1. Structure of Gaming Machine A pachinko gaming machine 1, which is an embodiment of the present invention, will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine 1 as an example of the gaming machine is the same as the left-right direction for the player who faces the pachinko gaming machine 1 . Further, the front direction of each part of the pachinko game machine 1 is the direction toward the player facing the pachinko game machine 1, and the rear direction of each part of the pachinko game machine 1 is the direction away from the player facing the pachinko game machine 1. explain.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment includes a game machine frame 50 and a game board 2 (see FIG. 3) mounted inside the game machine frame 50. As shown in FIG. The game machine frame 50 constitutes the outer shell of the pachinko game machine 1 and includes an outer frame 51 , an inner frame 52 and a front frame (glass door frame) 53 . The outer frame (base frame portion) 51 is a vertically rectangular frame that forms the outer shell of the game machine frame 50 . The inner frame (holding frame portion) 52 is a vertically rectangular frame disposed inside the outer frame 51 to which the game board 2 is attached. The front frame (front frame portion) 53 is arranged on the front side of the outer frame 51 and the inner frame 52 and has a vertical rectangular shape that protects the game board 2 .

The game machine frame 50 is configured with a hinge portion 54 on the left end side. The front frame 53 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 51 and the inner frame 52 by the hinge portion 54, and the inner frame 52 is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 51 and the front frame 53. It's becoming An opening is formed in the center of the front frame 53, and a transparent glass plate 55 is attached to the opening of the front frame 53 so that the player can visually recognize the game area 3, which will be described later. The game machine frame 50 (front frame 53) is provided with a frame lamp 66 capable of emitting light in various colors.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front frame 53 includes an upper decoration unit 200 on the upper side, a left decoration unit 210 on the left side, a right decoration unit 220 on the right side, and an operation mechanism unit 230 on the lower side. It is A speaker 67 for outputting sound is provided above each of the left decorative unit 210 and the right decorative unit 220 . The operation mechanism unit 230 includes a handle (shooting operation unit) 60 for shooting game balls with a shooting intensity corresponding to the rotation angle, a batted ball supply tray (upper tray) 61 for storing game balls, and a batted ball supply tray 61. A surplus ball receiving tray (lower tray) 62 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated is provided. Further, the operation mechanism unit 230 is provided with an effect button 63 and a select button (cross key) 64 that can be operated by the player during effects that are executed as the game progresses.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the upper decorative unit 200 includes a box-shaped housing portion 290 with an open top and a movable frame body 600 housed in the housing portion 290 . The frame movable body 600 includes a left frame movable body 600L and a right frame movable body 600R. A rotation shaft 441 extending in the front-rear direction is attached to the center of the housing portion 290 in the left-right direction. The rotating shaft 441 is inclined downward toward the front. The left frame movable body 600L and the right frame movable body 600R are rotatably attached to the rotating shaft 441 .

The left frame movable body 600L and the right frame movable body 600R are in the retracted position (standby position) shown in FIG. 2(A) in the initial state. Then, during execution of SP reach (2DSP reach, logo SP reach), which will be described later, the left frame movable body 600L rotates 90 degrees clockwise around the rotation shaft 441 from the retracted position, and protrudes as shown in FIG. 2(B). At the same time, the right frame movable body 600R rotates 90 degrees counterclockwise about the rotation shaft 441 from the retracted position to reach the projecting position shown in FIG. 2(B). The left frame movable body 600L and the right frame movable body 600R are driven by a frame movable body drive motor 600a (see FIG. 8).

Thus, in this embodiment, when the frame movable body 600 moves to the protruding position, it protrudes above the upper edge 50U of the game machine frame 50 as shown in FIG. 2(B). This makes it possible to give a strong impact to the player. The frame edge 50W, which is the outer edge portion of the game machine frame 50, is composed of an upper upper edge 50U, a lower lower edge 50D (see FIG. 4), a left edge 50L, and a right edge 50R. there is

Next, the game board 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 2 is formed with a game area 3 surrounded by rail members 4 in which a game ball shot by operating a handle 60 flows down. Also, the game board 2 is provided with board lamps 5 (see FIG. 8) capable of emitting light in various colors. The game board 2 is formed by integrating a plate-shaped member arranged on the front side and a back unit arranged on the rear side (a unit for attaching various control boards, an image display device 7, a harness, etc., which will be described later). It is.

In the game area 3, a plurality of game nails are protruded for guiding game balls. Also, in the vicinity of the center of the game area 3, an image display device (display means) 7, which is a liquid crystal display device, is arranged. On the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, variable display (variable display) of a first special symbol and a second special symbol, which will be described later, and variable display of effect symbols (decorative symbols) 8L, 8C, 8R synchronized with the stop display and There is a production pattern display area for performing stop display. Incidentally, the effect of displaying the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R is called the effect symbol variation effect. The production design fluctuation production is sometimes called "decorative design fluctuation production" or simply "variation production".

The effect symbol display area is composed of three effect symbol display areas, for example, "left", "middle" and "right". A left performance pattern 8L is displayed in the left performance pattern display area, a medium performance pattern 8C is displayed in the middle performance pattern display area, and a right performance pattern 8R is displayed in the right pattern display area. Each of the production patterns is composed of a plurality of patterns (number patterns) representing numbers from "1" to "9", for example. The image display device 7 displays a first special symbol displayed on a first special symbol display 41a and a second special symbol display 41b (see FIG. 6), which will be described later, according to a combination of left, middle and right performance symbols. And the result of the variable display of the second special symbol (that is, the result of the jackpot lottery) is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

For example, when a jackpot is won, the production pattern is stopped and displayed with doubles (jackpot stop mode) such as "777". In addition, when it is a loss, the production pattern is stopped and displayed with a break (loss stop mode) such as "637". This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player generally grasps the result of the jackpot lottery by the image display device 7 rather than by the first special symbol display device 41a or the second special symbol display device 41b. In addition, the position of the production pattern display area may not be fixed. Further, as a form of variable display of the effect symbols, for example, there is a form of scrolling in the vertical direction. In addition, it is possible to arbitrarily change what combination of performance symbols to stop display according to each lottery result.

The image display device 7 displays, in addition to the effect pattern variation effect using the above-described effect symbols, a big win effect performed in parallel with the big win game, a demonstration effect for waiting for customers (customer waiting effect), and the like on the display screen 7a. to display. In addition, in the production pattern variable display production, in addition to production patterns such as numbers, production images other than production patterns such as background images and character images are also displayed.

In addition, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, a first reservation display area 17a that displays the icon 9 according to the number of memories of the first special figure reservation or the number of memories of the second special figure reservation, which will be described later, and a second reservation display There is an area 17b, a third reserved display area 17c and a fourth reserved display area 17d. The icons 9 displayed in these pending display areas 17a to 17d are appropriately called "suspended icons 9". It should be noted that the pending icon 9 can be said to be an icon indicating that the jackpot determination process has not yet been executed.

If the suspension icon 9 is displayed only in the first suspension display area 17a, it indicates that the number of special figure suspensions (first special figure suspension or second special figure suspension) is one. If the reservation icon 9 is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a and the second reservation display area 17b, it indicates that the number of special figure reservations is two. If the reservation icon 9 is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a, the second reservation display area 17b and the third reservation display area 17c, it indicates that the number of special figure reservations is three. If the pending icon 9 is displayed in all the pending display areas 17a to 17d, it indicates that the number of special figure pending is four. Thus, by the display of the pending icon 9, the number of memories of the first special figure pending displayed in the first special figure pending display 43a (see FIG. 6) to be described later, or the number displayed in the second special program pending display 43b It is possible to show the player the number of memories of the second special figure reservation in an easy-to-understand manner. It should be noted that in this embodiment, the number of memories of the first special figure pending is displayed as a pending icon 9 in the non-time saving state described later, and the number of memories of the second special figure pending is displayed as a pending icon 9 in the time saving state described later. ing.

Also, on the display screen 7a of the image display device 7, an icon 9 indicating that the big win determination process has been executed is displayed in the display area 17x. The icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x will be referred to as "the icon 9" as appropriate. The pending icons 9 displayed in the pending display areas 17a to 17d are shifted (moved) to the pending display areas 17a to 17c on the left side when the special symbols to be described later stop displaying after changing display. At this time, the suspended icon 9 displayed in the first suspended display area 17a is shifted as the icon 9 to the display area 17x.

A center decoration 10 is arranged near the center of the game area 3 and in front of the image display device 7 . A stage portion 11 capable of guiding a game ball rolling on the upper surface to a first starting port 20 described later is formed at the lower portion of the center decorative body 10 . Further, the center decorative body 10 is provided with a board movable body (effect movable body) 15 that can move in front of the display screen 7 a of the image display device 7 .

As shown in FIG. 4A, the board movable body 15 includes an upper board movable body 15U, a left lower board movable body 15L, and a lower right board movable body 15R. The upper board movable body 15U is attached to the upper part of the game board 2 so as to be hidden. The upper board movable body 15U can move downward from the standby position shown in FIG. 4(A) to the operating position shown in FIG. 4(B). In addition, the left lower board movable body 15L is attached to the lower left part of the game board 2 so as to be hidden. The left lower panel movable body 15L can be moved from the standby position shown in FIG. 4A to the upper right direction to the operating position shown in FIG. 4B. Further, the lower right board movable body 15R is attached behind the lower right part of the game board 2 so as to be hidden. The lower right panel movable body 15R can move from the standby position shown in FIG. 4(A) diagonally upward to the left to the operating position shown in FIG. 4(B).

The upper panel movable body 15U, the left lower panel movable body 15L, and the lower right panel movable body 15R are movable in conjunction (at the same timing), and as shown in FIG. can be moved so as to hide most of the area (half or more of the area) of the display screen 7a in front. Therefore, the upper board movable body 15U, the left lower board movable body 15L, and the lower right board movable body 15R are in their operating positions, so that a strong impact can be given to the player.

Further, the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment includes a logo sword function (operating means) 300 and a sword holder 310 in the right decoration unit 220, as shown in FIG. The logo sword accessory 300 is an operation means that can be operated by the player, and imitates the shape of the sword used by the transformed main character (“logo”) of the pachinko gaming machine 1 . The sword holder 310 holds the logo sword accessory 300 so as to be vertically movable.

About half of the blade 301 of the logo sword accessory 300 is normally accommodated in the sword holder 310 as shown in FIG. 5(A). When the player pushes the logo sword accessory 300 downward while gripping the hilt 302, as shown in FIG. can be moved to Hereinafter, the position shown in FIG. 5(A) of the logo sword role 300 is called the "normal position", and the position shown in FIG. 5(B) of the logo sword role 300 is called the "pushed position". After being pushed by the player to the pushing position shown in FIG. 5(B), the logo sword object 300 is driven by the driving force of the logo sword object drive motor 300a (see FIG. 8) to the normal position shown in FIG. 5(A). It is designed to return to its position.

Returning to the description of the game board 2 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, below the image display device 7 in the game area 3, there is provided a first start hole (first start winning hole, ball entry hole) 20 in which the ease with which a game ball enters is always constant. A fixed winning device 19 is provided. Winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 triggers lottery for the first special symbol (big hit lottery, ie, acquisition and determination of big hit random numbers, etc.).

In addition, below the first start hole 20 in the game area 3, a normal variable winning device (so-called electric chew, variable ball entry means) 22 having a second start hole (second start winning hole, ball entry hole) 21 is provided. It is The winning of the game ball into the second starting port 21 triggers the lottery of the second special symbol (big hit lottery, ie, acquisition and determination of a big hit random number, etc.).

The electric tube 22 has a movable member (entrance opening/closing member) 23 , and opens and closes the second start opening 21 by the operation of the movable member 23 . The movable member 23 is driven by an electric tuning solenoid 24 (see FIG. 7). A game ball can enter the second starting port 21 only when the movable member 23 is in an open state. In other words, the second starting hole 21 is a starting hole in which the ease with which a game ball enters can be changed. If the electric tube 22 makes it easier for the ball to enter the second starting port 21 when the movable member 23 is in the open state than when the movable member 23 is in the closed state, It does not have to be the one that makes it impossible to enter the second starting port 21 .

A special winning device (special variable winning device, special winning means) 31 having a big winning port (special winning port) 30 is provided on the upper right side of the first starting port 20 in the game area 3 . The big winning device 31 has an opening/closing member (special winning opening opening/closing member) 32 and opens and closes the big winning opening 30 by operating the opening/closing member 32 . The opening/closing member 32 is driven by a big winning opening solenoid 33 (see FIG. 7). A game ball can enter the big winning opening 30 only when the opening/closing member 32 is open.

A gate (passage area) 28 through which game balls can pass is provided above the big winning opening 30 in the game area 3 . Passage of the game ball to the gate 28 is a trigger for execution of a normal symbol lottery (that is, acquisition and determination of a normal symbol random number (hit random number)) for determining whether or not to open the electric chew 22 .

A normal winning opening 27 is provided at the bottom of the game area 3 . Also, at the bottom of the game area 3, an out port 16 is provided for discharging out of the game area 3 game balls that have been hit into the game area 3 but have not won in any of the winning openings.

In this way, the game area 3 in which various winning holes are arranged includes a left game area (first game area) 3A on the left side of the center in the horizontal direction and a right game area (second game area) 3B on the right side. There is. A hitting method of shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 3A is called left hitting. On the other hand, a hitting method of shooting a game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 3B is called right hitting. In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, the flow path through which the game balls flow down when the game is played with the left hand is called the first flow path R1, and the flow path through which the game balls flow down when the game is played with the right hand. , the second flow path R2.

A first starting port 20, a normal winning port 27, and an out port 16 are provided on the first flow path R1. The player can aim to win a prize to the first starting opening 20 or the normal winning opening 27 by hitting left handed so as to flow down the first flow path R1. In addition, the gate 28 is not arranged on the first flow path R1. Therefore, the electric chew 22 will not be released when the player is hitting to the left.

On the other hand, a gate 28, a big winning device 31, an electric tube 22, and an outlet 16 are provided on the second flow path R2. The player can aim to pass through the gate 28 or win a prize at the big winning opening 30 and the second starting opening 21 by hitting rightward so as to flow down the second flow path R2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a display device 40 is arranged in the center of the right side of the game board 2. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the display devices 40 include a first special symbol display 41a that variably displays the first special symbol, a second special symbol display 41b that variably displays the second special symbol, and a normal symbol. A normal symbol display 42 that variably displays is included. In addition, in the display device 40, the first special symbol display device 43a for displaying the memory number of operation suspension (first special symbol suspension) of the first special symbol display device 41a, and the operation suspension of the second special symbol display device 41b (Second special figure suspension) 2nd special figure suspension display 43b for displaying the number of memories, and the normal figure suspension display 44 for displaying the number of operation suspension (normal figure suspension) of the normal design display 42 is

The variable display of the first special symbol is triggered by the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 20 . The variable display of the second special symbol is performed with the winning of the game ball to the second starting port 21 as a trigger. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as a special symbol (identification symbol). Also, the first special symbol display device 41a and the second special symbol display device 41b may be collectively referred to as a special symbol display device (identification symbol display means) 41. In addition, the first special figure reservation and the second special figure reservation may be collectively referred to as special figure reservation. Also, the first special figure reservation display 43a and the second special figure reservation display 43b may be collectively referred to as the special figure reservation display 43.

In the special symbol display device 41, the special symbols are variably displayed (variable display) and then stopped, so that a lottery (special symbol lottery, jackpot lottery) based on the winning of the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 is performed. Notify the results. A special symbol to be stopped and displayed (a stop symbol, a special symbol derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by a special symbol lottery. When the stop pattern is a predetermined specific special pattern (a special pattern of a specific stop mode, i.e., a jackpot pattern), an opening pattern corresponding to the type of the stopped and displayed jackpot pattern (that is, the type of the jackpot won) is used. A jackpot game (special game) for opening the big winning opening 30 is performed. The opening pattern of the big winning opening 30 in the big winning game will be described later.

The special symbol display device 41 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol according to the result of the jackpot lottery by the lighting mode thereof. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of the multiple types of jackpots described later), ``○○●●○○●●'' (○: lights up, ●: lights out) 1, 2, from the left A jackpot pattern in which the fifth and sixth LEDs are lit is displayed. In addition, if the game is lost, a lost pattern is displayed in which only the rightmost LED lights up, such as "●●●●●●●○". A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be adopted as the lost pattern. In addition, before the special symbols are stopped and displayed, the special symbols are variably displayed (variable display) for a predetermined variable time. This is a mode in which the LED lights up. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be anything, such as blinking all the LEDs all at once, unless each LED is stopped (lighted up in a specific mode).

In this pachinko game machine 1, when there is a prize of a game ball to the first start port 20 or the second start port 21, the value of various random numbers (determination information) such as a jackpot random number acquired for the win is It is temporarily stored in the drawing reservation storage unit 85 (see FIG. 7). In detail, if the winning to the first start port 20 is stored in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a as the first special figure reservation, if the winning to the second start port 21 as the second special figure reservation It is stored in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b. There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure reservation storage unit 85, and each upper limit value in this embodiment is four. Note that each upper limit value is not limited to four, and can be changed as appropriate.

The special figure reservation stored in the special figure reservation storage unit 85 is terminated when the variable display of the special symbol based on the special figure reservation becomes possible. Digestion of the special figure reservation means to determine the jackpot random number or the like corresponding to the special figure reservation, and to execute the variable display of the special symbol for showing the determination result. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 1, when the variable display of the special symbols based on the winning of the game ball to the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the execution of the variable display of the special symbols. Even if a prize is won during execution of a medium or big win game, the right of the big win lottery for the prize can be reserved up to a predetermined number as the upper limit.

And the number of such special figure reservations is displayed on the special figure reservation display 43. Specifically, the special figure reservation indicator 43 is composed of, for example, four LEDs (see FIG. 7), and displays the number of special figure reservations by lighting the LEDs by the number of special figure reservations.

The variable display of normal symbols is performed with the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 as a trigger. The normal symbol display device 42 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 28 by displaying the normal symbols variably (variably displaying) and then stopping the display. A normal pattern to be stopped and displayed (a normal pattern stop pattern, a normal pattern derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one normal pattern selected from a plurality of types of normal patterns by a normal pattern lottery. When the stop-displayed normal symbol is a predetermined specific normal symbol (a normal symbol in a predetermined stop mode, that is, a normal winning symbol), the second starting port 21 is opened in an opening pattern according to the current game state. Auxiliary game is played to make it possible. The opening pattern of the second starting port 21 will be described later.

Specifically, the normal symbol display device 42 is composed of, for example, two LEDs (see FIG. 7), and displays normal symbols corresponding to the result of the normal symbol lottery according to the lighting mode thereof. For example, if the lottery result is a win, a normal win pattern with both LEDs lit up is displayed, such as "○○" (○: lit, ●: unlit). When the lottery result is a loss, a normal losing pattern is displayed, such as "●○", in which only the right LED lights up. A mode in which all the LEDs are extinguished may be employed as a normal losing pattern. Before the normal symbols are stopped and displayed, the normal symbols are variably displayed (variable display) for a predetermined variable time. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be anything, such as blinking all the LEDs all at once, unless each LED is stopped (lighted up in a specific mode).

In the pachinko game machine 1, when a game ball passes through the gate 28, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) obtained for the passage is stored in the normal symbol reservation storage unit 86 (see FIG. 7). It is temporarily stored as figure pending. There is an upper limit to the number of normal pattern reservations that can be stored in the general pattern reservation storage unit 86, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is four.

The normal pattern reservation stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit 86 is terminated when the variable display of the normal pattern based on the normal pattern reservation becomes possible. The digestion of the normal pattern reservation means that the normal design random number (hit random number) corresponding to the normal pattern reservation is determined, and the normal design variable display is performed to show the determination result. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine 1, when the variable display of the normal symbols based on the passage of the game ball through the gate 28 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, during the execution of the variable display of the normal symbols or during the execution of the auxiliary game, a prize is won. Even if there is, with a predetermined number as the upper limit, it is possible to reserve the right of the normal symbol lottery for the passage.

And the number of such normal map reservations is displayed on the normal map reservation display 44 . Specifically, the normal map hold indicator 44 is composed of, for example, four LEDs (see FIG. 7), and displays the number of normal map holds by lighting the LEDs by the number of normal map holds. be.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, an auxiliary pattern display area for displaying auxiliary patterns 6L, 6C, 6R is provided in the upper right portion of the display screen 7a. The auxiliary symbol display area consists of three auxiliary symbol display areas, for example, "left", "middle" and "right". A left auxiliary pattern 6L is displayed in the left auxiliary pattern display area, a middle auxiliary pattern 6C is displayed in the middle auxiliary pattern display area, and a right auxiliary pattern 6R is displayed in the right auxiliary pattern display area. Each of the auxiliary patterns 6L, 6C, 6R consists of a plurality of patterns (number patterns) representing numbers from "1" to "9", for example, and is smaller and less conspicuous than the production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R. ing. The auxiliary symbols 6L, 6C, 6R are synchronously displayed and stopped with the special symbols. As a result, even if the performance patterns 8L, 8C, 8R are difficult or invisible on the display screen 7a, the special patterns are variably displayed by looking at the auxiliary patterns 6L, 6C, 6R. It is possible to grasp whether the special symbol is stopped or displayed. In addition, the auxiliary symbols 6L, 6C, and 6R are stop-displayed with double eyes (jackpot stop mode) such as "777" when the jackpot is won, and when they are lost, the loose eyes (such as "637") The effect pattern is stopped and displayed in the losing stop mode).

2. Electrical Configuration of Gaming Machine Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board (game control board) 80 for controlling game profits such as jackpot lottery and game state transitions, A sub-control board (effect control board) 90 for performing control, a payout control board 110 for controlling pay-out of game balls, and the like are provided. The main control board 80 forms a main control section, and the sub-control board 90 forms a sub-control section together with an image control board 100, a sub-drive board 107, and an audio control board 106, which will be described later. The sub-control unit includes at least a sub-control board 90, and performs game effects using effect means (image display device 7, board lamp 5, frame lamp 66, speaker 67, board movable body 15, frame movable body 600, etc.). It should be controllable.

The pachinko game machine 1 also has a power board 150 . The power board 150 supplies power to the main control board 80, the sub-control board 90, and the payout control board 110, and supplies necessary power to other devices through these boards. A backup power supply circuit 151 is provided on the power supply board 150 . The backup power supply circuit 151 is for the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 and the RAM 94 of the sub control board 90, which will be described later, when power is not supplied to the pachinko game machine 1 due to a power failure such as the end of business or a power failure. can be powered by Therefore, the information stored in the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 and the RAM 94 of the sub-control board 90 is retained even when the pachinko game machine 1 is powered off. A power switch 155 is connected to the power board 150 . ON/OFF operation of the power switch 155 switches on/off of the power supply. A backup power supply circuit for the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 may be provided on the main control board 80 or a backup power supply circuit for the RAM 94 of the sub control board 90 may be provided on the sub control board 90 .

As shown in FIG. 7, the main control board 80 is mounted with a game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter "game control microcomputer") 81 for controlling the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to a program. The game control microcomputer 81 includes a ROM 83 that stores programs for controlling the progress of the game, a RAM 84 that is used as a work memory, a CPU 82 that executes the programs stored in the ROM 83, and inputs and outputs data and signals. An I/O port section (input/output circuit) 87 is included for the purpose. The RAM 84 is provided with the above-described special figure reservation storage unit 85 and normal figure reservation storage unit 86 . Note that the ROM 83 may be externally attached.

The RAM 84 (storage means) is provided with the above-described special figure suspension storage unit 85 (first special figure suspension storage unit 85a and second special figure suspension storage unit 85b) and normal figure suspension storage unit 86 . More specifically, the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a consists of four storage areas corresponding to the number of storable first special figure reservations, as shown in FIG. 9(A). Further, as shown in FIG. 9(B), the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b consists of four storage areas corresponding to the number of second special figure reservations that can be stored. Each storage area is further divided into four storage areas as shown in FIG. 9(C). These four storage areas are an area for storing jackpot random numbers, an area for storing hit type random numbers, an area for storing reach random numbers, and an area for storing variation pattern random numbers.

Various sensors and solenoids are connected to the main control board 80 via a relay board 88, as shown in FIG. Therefore, a signal is input to the main control board 80 from each sensor, and a signal is output from the main control board 80 to each solenoid. Specifically, as the sensors, a first starting opening sensor 20a, a second starting opening sensor 21a, a gate sensor 28a, a big winning opening sensor 30a, and a normal winning opening sensor 27a are connected.

The first starting hole sensor 20a is provided in the first starting hole 20 and detects a game ball that has entered the first starting hole 20. As shown in FIG. The second starting hole sensor 21 a is provided in the second starting hole 21 and detects a game ball that has entered the second starting hole 21 . The gate sensor 28a is provided inside the gate 28 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 28. As shown in FIG. The big winning hole sensor 30a is provided in the big winning hole 30 and detects a game ball that has entered the big winning hole 30. FIG. The normal winning hole sensor 27a is provided in each normal winning hole 27 and detects a game ball that has entered the normal winning hole 27.例文帳に追加

Also, as the solenoids, an electric tuning solenoid 24 and a big winning opening solenoid 33 are connected. The electric tooth solenoid 24 drives the movable member 23 of the electric tooth 22 . The big winning opening solenoid 33 drives the opening/closing member 32 of the big winning device 31 .

Furthermore, the main control board 80 includes a first special symbol display 41a, a second special symbol display 41b, a normal symbol display 42, a first special symbol reservation display 43a, a second special symbol reservation display 43b, and a general symbol display. A drawing hold indicator 44 is connected. That is, display control of these display devices 40 is performed by the game control microcomputer 81 .

Further, the main control board 80 transmits various commands to the payout control board 110 and receives signals from the payout control board 110 for payout monitoring. The payout control board 110 includes a prize ball payout device 120, a rental ball payout device 130, and a card unit 135 (installed adjacent to the pachinko game machine 1 to enable ball lending based on information such as the inserted prepaid card). ) are connected, and a launcher 112 is connected via a launch control circuit 111 . Launcher 112 includes a handle 60 (see FIG. 1).

The payout control board 110 drives the prize ball motor 121 of the prize ball payout device 120 based on the signal from the game control microcomputer 81 and the signal from the card unit 135 connected to the pachinko game machine 1 to release the prize balls. or drive the ball rental motor 131 of the rental ball dispenser 130 to discharge the rental ball. The prize balls to be paid out are detected by the prize ball sensor 122 for counting. Also, the rented balls to be paid out are detected by a ball rental sensor 132 for counting. When the player operates the handle 60 (see FIG. 1) of the shooting device 112, the touch switch 114 detects contact with the handle 60, and the shooting volume 115 detects the amount of rotation of the handle 60. . Then, the shooting motor 113 is driven so that the game ball is shot with strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the shooting volume 115 . In addition, in this pachinko game machine 1, one game ball is shot in about 0.6 seconds.

The main control board 80 also transmits various commands to the sub-control board 90 . The connection between the main control board 80 and the sub control board 90 is a unidirectional communication connection that allows only transmission of signals from the main control board 80 to the sub control board 90 . That is, between the main control board 80 and the sub-control board 90, a unidirectional circuit (for example, a circuit using a diode) (not shown) is interposed as communication direction control means.

As shown in FIG. 8, the sub-control board 90 is mounted with an effect control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "effect control microcomputer") 91 for controlling the effect of the pachinko game machine 1 according to a program. The production control microcomputer 91 (production control means) includes a ROM 93 that stores a program for controlling the production as the game progresses, a RAM 94 that is used as a work memory, and a CPU 92 that executes the program stored in the ROM 93. , an I/O port section (input/output circuit) 97 for inputting/outputting data and signals. Note that the ROM 93 may be externally attached.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 10A, the RAM 94 stores a first start winning command (detailed later) specified based on the winning to the first start port 20, etc. A storage unit 95a, a second start winning command specified based on the winning of the second start port 21 (detailed later) etc. can be stored A second special figure pending effect storage unit 95b, a first special symbol and The effect storage unit for variation (0th storage area) 95c common to the second special symbols is provided. As shown in FIG. 10B, the first special figure pending effect storage unit 95a has four storage areas (first to fourth storage areas) corresponding to the number of storable first special figure reservations. are divided into In addition, as shown in FIG. 10(C), the second special figure pending effect storage unit 95b has four storage areas (first storage area to fourth storage area) corresponding to the number of storable second special figure reservations. ).

Furthermore, each storage area includes two storage areas, as shown in FIG. 10(D). These two storage areas are a start winning command storage area for storing a start winning command, and an icon display mode data storage area for storing data indicating the display mode of an icon (suspended icon, the icon) 9, which will be described later. Note that the variation effect storage section 95c also includes these four storage areas.

As shown in FIG. 8, an image control board 100, an audio control board 106, and a sub drive board 107 are connected to the sub control board 90. As shown in FIG. The effect control microcomputer 91 of the sub control board 90 causes the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 to perform display control of the image display device 7 based on the command received from the main control board 80 .

The image control board 100 includes a ROM 103 storing programs for controlling image display and the like, a RAM 104 used as a work memory, and a CPU 102 executing the programs stored in the ROM 103 . The ROM 103 stores still image data and moving image data to be displayed on the image display device 7, specifically, image data such as characters, items, figures, characters, numbers and symbols (including production patterns) and background images. is stored. The CPU 102 of the image control board 100 reads out image data from the ROM 103 based on commands from the performance control microcomputer 91 . Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

Also, the performance control microcomputer 91 outputs sounds, music, sound effects, etc. from the speaker 67 via the sound control board 106 based on commands received from the main control board 80 . Audio data such as audio output from the speaker 67 is stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 . Note that a CPU may be mounted on the audio control board 106, and in that case, the CPU may be caused to execute audio control. Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the audio control board 106, and audio data may be stored in the ROM. Alternatively, the speaker 67 may be connected to the image control board 100 to cause the CPU 102 of the image control board 100 to perform voice control. Furthermore, in this case, voice data may be stored in the ROM 103 of the image control board 100 .

In addition, the production control microcomputer 91 performs lighting control of lamps such as the frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5 via the sub-drive board 107 and relay board 108 based on commands received from the main control board 80 . Specifically, the production control microcomputer 91 creates light emission pattern data (data for deciding on/off and emission color, also referred to as lamp data) that determines the light emission mode of each lamp, and according to the light emission pattern data, the frame lamp 66, the board It controls light emission of lamps such as the lamp 5 . Data stored in the ROM 93 of the sub-control board 90 is used to create the light emission pattern data.

Furthermore, the production control microcomputer 91 can drive the board movable body 15 via the sub drive board 107 and the relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . Specifically, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets board movable body drive data for determining the operation mode of the board movable body 15 in a predetermined drive data buffer of the RAM 94 . As a result, the movable board driving motor 15a is driven to rotate, and the movable board 15 can move from the standby position shown in FIG. 4(A) to the operating position shown in FIG. 4(B). The effect of driving the board movable body 15 from the standby position shown in FIG. 4(A) to the operating position shown in FIG. 4(B) will be called "board movable body driving effect".

Also, the effect control microcomputer 91 can drive the frame movable body 600 via the sub drive board 107 and the relay board 108 based on the command received from the main control board 80 . Specifically, the effect control microcomputer 91 sets frame movable body drive data for determining the operation mode of the frame movable body 600 in a predetermined drive data buffer of the RAM 94 . As a result, the movable frame body drive motor 600a is rotationally driven, and the movable frame body 600 can be driven from the retracted position shown in FIG. 2(A) to the projecting position shown in FIG. 2(B). The effect of driving the frame movable body 600 from the retracted position shown in FIG. 2(A) to the projecting position shown in FIG. 2(B) will be called "frame movable body drive effect".

As a modification, a CPU may be mounted on the sub-drive board 107, and the CPU may be caused to control the lighting of the lamps and the drive control of the board movable body 15 or the frame movable body 600. FIG. Furthermore, in this case, a ROM may be mounted on the sub-drive board 107, and data relating to lamp data and driving data may be stored in the ROM.

The sub-control board 90 is connected with an effect button detection SW (switch) 63a and a select button detection switch 64a. The performance button detection switch 63a detects that the performance button 63 (see FIG. 1) has been pressed. When the performance button 63 is pressed, a detection signal is output to the sub-control board 90 from the performance button detection switch 63a. The select button detection switch 64a detects that the select button 64 (see FIG. 1) has been pressed. When the select button 64 is pressed, a detection signal is output to the sub-control board 90 from the select button detection switch 64a.

7 and 8 are functional block diagrams for explaining the electrical configuration of the pachinko game machine 1, and the boards shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are not the only ones provided. Except for the main control board 80, any one or more of the boards shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 may be configured as one board, or one board shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 may be configured as a plurality of boards. good.

3. Explanation of Jackpots, etc. In the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, there are "jackpots" and "losses" as a result of the jackpot lottery (special symbol lottery). In the case of a "big hit", the special symbol display 41 stops displaying the "big hit pattern". In the case of "loss", the special symbol display 41 stops and displays "missing symbol". When a big win is won, a "big win game" for opening a big winning hole (big winning hole 30) is executed in an opening pattern corresponding to the type of special symbols stopped and displayed (type of big win). A jackpot game is also called a special game.

In this form, the jackpot game includes multiple round games (unit open games), the opening (also referred to as OP) before the first round game starts, and the ending after the final round game ends. (also referred to as ED). Each round game starts with the end of the OP or the end of the previous round game and ends with the start of the next round game or the start of the ED. The closing time (interval time) of the big winning hole between round games is included in the open round game before closing.

There are multiple types of jackpots. The types of jackpots are as shown in FIG. 11(A). As shown in FIG. 11A, there are two types in this embodiment. There is a variable jackpot and a normal jackpot. The "probable variable jackpot" is a jackpot that is controlled to a high probability state described later after the jackpot game. "Normal jackpot" is a jackpot controlled to a normal probability state described later after a jackpot game.

"10R variable jackpot 1" that can be won in the lottery of special figure 1 (first special pattern), or "10R variable jackpot 2" that can be won in the lottery of special figure 2 (second special pattern) or lottery of special figure 2 The "10R normal jackpot 2" that can be won is a jackpot that opens the big winning opening 30 from 1R to 10R for a maximum of 25.0 seconds per 1R, as shown in FIG. 11(B). When "probability variation big win" is won by lottery of special figure 1, "special figure 1_jackpot symbol 1" is stop-displayed on the first special symbol display device 41a. In addition, when the "probability variation big win" is won by the lottery of the special figure 2, the "special figure 2_jackpot symbol 1" is stop-displayed on the second special symbol display device 41b. Also, when the "normal jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special picture 2, the "special picture 2_jackpot pattern 2" is stop-displayed on the second special pattern display 41b.

On the other hand, "4R normal jackpot 1" that can be won in the lottery of special figure 1 is, as shown in FIG. It is a big hit to open. When the "normal jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special picture 1, "special picture 1_jackpot pattern 2" is stop-displayed on the first special pattern display 41a.

However, even if the "normal jackpot" is won and the game is controlled to the normal probability state after the jackpot game, it is controlled to the time saving state described later. In this case, the number of times of time saving is set to 100 times. The time-saving number of times is the upper limit execution number of times of variable display of special symbols in the time-saving state. In this form, as shown in FIG. 11 (A), both the distribution rate of the jackpot in the lottery of the special figure 1 and the distribution rate of the jackpot in the lottery of the special figure 2 are 80% for the probability variable jackpot, and the normal jackpot is set to 20%.

Here, in the pachinko game machine 1, a lottery as to whether or not a big win is made is performed based on a 'random number for a big win', and a lottery for the type of a winning big win is performed based on a 'random number for a win type'. As shown in FIG. 12(A), the jackpot random number ranges from 0 to 65,535. The winning type random number takes a value in the range of 0-99. In addition to the jackpot random number and the winning type random number, the random number obtained based on the winning of the first start port 20 or the second start port 21 includes a "reach random number" and a "variation pattern random number".

The ready-to-win random number is a random number that determines whether or not to generate a ready-to-win in the effect symbol variation effect indicating the result when the result of the big hit determination is a loss. A reach is a state in which only one of the plurality of performance symbols that is variably displayed remains, and a jackpot is won depending on which symbol the variably displayed performance symbols are stopped and displayed. It is a state (for example, the state of "7↓7") that is a combination of the shown production patterns. Note that the effect symbols that are stopped and displayed in the ready-to-win state may be displayed as if they are slightly swaying within the display screen 7a, or may be displayed so as to be repeatedly enlarged and reduced. This reach random number takes a value in the range of 0-127.

Also, the fluctuation pattern random number is a random number for determining a fluctuation pattern including fluctuation time. The fluctuation pattern random number takes a value in the range of 0-99. Random numbers acquired based on passing through the gate 28 include normal symbol random numbers (hit random numbers) shown in FIG. 12(B). The normal symbol random number is a random number for a lottery (normal symbol lottery) as to whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 22 . The normal symbol random number takes a value in the range of 0-255.

4. Explanation of Game State Next, the game state of the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment will be explained. The special symbol display device 41 and the normal symbol display device 42 of the pachinko game machine 1 respectively have a probability variation function and a variation time shortening function. A state in which the probability variation function of the special symbol display 41 is activated is called a "high probability state", and a state in which it is not activated is called a "normal probability state (non-high probability state)". In the high probability state, the jackpot probability is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, the jackpot determination is performed using a jackpot determination table in which the value of the jackpot random number determined to be a jackpot is larger than the jackpot determination table used in the normal probability state (see FIG. 13A). That is, when the probability variation function of the special symbol display device 41 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the special symbols by the special symbol display device 41 (that is, the stop symbol) is a jackpot symbol is higher than when it is not activated. becomes higher.

Moreover, the state in which the variable time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 is operating is called "shortening of working hours", and the state in which it is not operating is called "non-shortening of working hours". In the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the special symbol (the time from the start of the fluctuation display to the time of derivation display of the display result) is shorter than in the non-working time saving state. That is, the variation pattern is determined using the special figure variation pattern table that is determined so that the variation pattern with a short variation time is selected more than the non-time saving state (see FIG. 14). That is, when the variable time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 is activated, a shorter variable time is likely to be selected as the variable display of the special symbols compared to when it is not activated. As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of digestion of the special figure reservation becomes faster, and the effective winning to the starting opening (the winning that can be stored as the special figure reservation) is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit under the smooth progress of the game.

The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 may operate simultaneously, or only one of them may operate. The probability variation function and the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in synchronization with the variation time shortening function of the special symbol display 41 . That is, the probability variation function and the variation time reduction function of the normal symbol display 42 operate in the time saving state and do not operate in the non time saving state. Therefore, in the time-saving state, the winning probability in the normal symbol lottery is higher than in the non-time-saving state. That is, the value of the normal design random number (hit random number) determined to be a hit is determined using a normal design hit determination table that is larger than the normal design hit determination table used in the non-time saving state, and the hit determination (normal design determination) is performed ( See FIG. 13(C)). That is, when the probability variation function of the normal symbol display 42 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the normal symbol by the normal symbol display 42 is a normal winning symbol is higher than when it is not activated. .

In addition, in the time saving state, the fluctuation time of the normal pattern is shorter than in the non-working time saving state. In this form, the variation time of the normal symbol is 30 seconds in the non-time saving state, but is 1 second in the time saving state (see FIG. 13(D)). Furthermore, in the time saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 22 in the auxiliary game is longer than the non-time saving state (see FIG. 15). That is, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22 is operating. In addition, in the time-saving state, the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened in the auxiliary game is greater than in the non-time-saving state (see FIG. 15). That is, the function of increasing the number of openings of the electric chew 22 is activated.

When the probability variation function and variation time reduction function of the normal symbol display 42, and the opening time extension function and the number of times of opening increase function of the electric chew 22 are operating, compared to when these functions are not operating As a result, the electric chew 22 is frequently opened, and the game balls enter the second starting port 21 frequently. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of balls awarded to the number of balls fired, increases. Accordingly, the state in which these functions are activated is referred to as the "high base state" and the state in which they are not activated is referred to as the "low base state." In the high base state, you can aim for a big hit without greatly reducing the number of game balls you have. Note that the high base state is a state in which so-called electric support control (control for supporting the winning of the second starting port 21 by the electric chew 22) is being executed. Therefore, the high base state is also called an electric sapo control state or an easy ball entry state. On the other hand, the low base state is also referred to as a non-electric support control state or a non-entering easy state.

A high base state may not be one in which all of the above functions are active. That is, operation of one or more of the probability variation function of the normal symbol display device 42, the variation time shortening function of the normal symbol display device 42, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 22, and the function of increasing the number of times the electric chew 22 is opened. Therefore, it is sufficient that the electric tube 22 can be opened more easily than when the function is not activated. Also, the high base state may be independently controlled without accompanying the time saving state.

In the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment, the game state after the jackpot game based on winning the probability variable jackpot is a high probability state, a time saving state and a high base state. This game state is particularly referred to as a "high accuracy high base state". As will be described later, the high-probability-high base state of this embodiment is substantially continued until the next big win is won and the game after the big win is started. In other words, the high-probability-high base state is a very advantageous state in which the player can win the next big win without greatly reducing the number of game balls in his/her possession.

In addition, the game state after the jackpot game based on winning the normal jackpot is the normal probability state (non-high probability state, ie, low probability state), time saving state, and high base state. This game state is particularly referred to as "low certainty high base state". The low-probability-high base state ends when the variable display of special symbols is executed a predetermined number of times (100 times in this embodiment), or when a big win is won and the big win game is started.

When the pachinko game machine 1 is played for the first time, the game state after the power is turned on is a normal probability state, a non-time saving state, and a low base state. This game state is particularly referred to as a "low probability low base state". The low probability low base state may also be referred to as "normal game state". Also, the state during execution of the jackpot game (special game) is referred to as "jackpot game state (special game state)". Further, a state in which at least one of the high probability state and the high base state is controlled will be referred to as a "privilege game state".

In high-base states such as high-probability-high base state and low-probability-high base state, it is possible to advance the game more advantageously by entering the game ball into the right game area 3B (see FIG. 3) by hitting to the right. This is because the electrical sapo control makes it easier to open the electric tube 22 than in the low base state, and it is easier to win the second starting port 21 than to win the first starting port 20. . Therefore, the game ball is passed to the gate 28 which triggers the normal symbol lottery, and the game ball is hit to the right to win the game ball to the second starting port 21.例文帳に追加As a result, it is possible to obtain a larger number of starting prizes (winning at the starting opening) than when hitting left. In addition, in this pachinko game machine 1, the game is played by hitting to the right even during the jackpot game.

On the other hand, in the low base state, the game can be played more advantageously by entering the game ball into the left game area 3A (see FIG. 3) by striking to the left. Since the electric sapo control is not executed, it is difficult to open the electric chew 22 compared to the high base state, and it is easier to win the first start opening 20 than the second start opening 21. It is because Therefore, left-handed hitting is performed in order to make the game ball enter the first starting port 20.例文帳に追加This allows you to get more starting prizes than hitting right.

5. About Start Winning Command The pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment can execute a so-called pre-reading advance notice effect as described later. The pre-reading notice effect is a special figure variation (special symbol It is an effect that suggests the jackpot expectation (winning expectation) and the probability variable jackpot expectation for the start winning (that is, special figure reservation) before the winning judgment just before the start of the variable display).

As shown in FIG. 16, the starting winning command generated in this embodiment consists of 2 bytes (1-byte upper command and 1-byte lower command). This starting prize winning command includes winning/failing information indicating whether or not it is a jackpot. In this embodiment, if the value of the lower digit of the lower order command (2 digits in hexadecimal) is "1" or "2", the success/failure information indicating a big win is included. Further, the start winning command includes win type information indicating whether the jackpot is a variable probability jackpot or a normal jackpot. In this form, if the lower digit of the lower command is "1", it contains the winning type information indicating that it is a probability variable jackpot, and if it is "2", it includes winning type information indicating that it is a normal jackpot. is

In addition, the starting winning command includes starting opening information indicating which starting opening of the first starting opening 20 and the second starting opening 21 has won, and which game state of the non-time-saving state and the time-saving state. Game state information indicating whether or not it was played, special figure reserved ball number information indicating the number of special figure reserved balls at the time of winning, reach information indicating whether to form reach, SP reach information indicating whether to form SP reach etc. are included. Here, SP reach (super reach) is reach with a longer fluctuation time after reach than normal reach. It should be noted that the starting winning command may include at least winning information as to whether or not it is a big hit, and what kind of information is included in the starting winning command can be changed as appropriate.

6. Operation of Game Control Microcomputer 81 [Main Control Main Processing] Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 31. FIG. Note that the counter, timer, flag, status, buffer, etc. appearing in the explanation of the operation of the game control microcomputer 81 are provided in the RAM 84 . The game control microcomputer 81 provided on the main control board 80 reads and executes the main control main processing program shown in FIG. 17 from the ROM 83 when the power of the pachinko game machine 1 is turned on. As shown in the figure, in the main control main process, initial setting is first performed (step S001). Initial settings include, for example, stack setting, constant setting, interrupt time setting, CPU 82 setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for interrupt time management) setting, various flags, status and counter resets. etc. The initial value of the flag is "0" or "OFF", the initial value of the status is "1", and the initial value of the counter is "0". Note that the initial setting (S001) is executed only once after the power is turned on, and is not executed thereafter.

After the initial setting (S001), interrupts are prohibited (S002), and the normal design/special design main random number update process (S003) is executed. In this normal symbol/special symbol main random number update process (S003), various random number counter values shown in FIG. 12 are updated by adding one. When each random number counter value reaches the upper limit, it returns to "0" and is added again. The initial value of each random number counter may be a value other than "0", or may be changed randomly. Also, each random number may be a so-called hardware random number generated using a known random number generation circuit such as a counter IC.

When the normal design/special design main random number update process (S003) ends, the interrupt is permitted (S004). While interrupts are enabled, it is possible to execute main-side timer interrupt processing (S005). The main-side timer interrupt processing (S005) is executed based on an interrupt pulse that is repeatedly input to the CPU 82, for example, at a 4 msec cycle. That is, it is executed, for example, at a 4 msec cycle. And, after the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) is completed, before the next main side timer interrupt processing (S005) is started, various counters by normal design / special design main random number update processing (S003) Value update processing is repeatedly executed. If an interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82 in the interrupt disabled state, the main timer interrupt processing (S005) will not start immediately, but will start after the interrupt is enabled (S004).

[Main Side Timer Interrupt Processing] Next, the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) will be described. As shown in FIG. 18, in main-side timer interrupt processing (S005), output processing (S101) is first executed. In the output process (S101), commands set in the output buffer provided in the RAM 84 of the main control board 80 in each process described below are output to the sub control board 90, the payout control board 110, and the like.

In the input process (S102) that follows the output process (S101), various sensors mainly attached to the pachinko game machine 1 (first start sensor 20a, second start sensor 21a, big winning sensor 30a, The detection signal detected by the normal winning hole sensor 27a (see FIG. 7) is read and stored (set) in the output buffer of the RAM 84 as winning ball information. A detection signal from the lower tray full switch for detecting the fullness of the lower tray 62 is also taken in and stored in the output buffer of the RAM 84 as lower tray full data.

The normal design/special design main random number update process (S103) performed next is the same as the normal design/special design main random number update process (S003) performed in the main control main process of FIG. That is, the update processing of various random number counter values (including the normal symbol random number counter value) shown in FIG. ) until the start of the next main-side timer interrupt process (S005)).

After normal design/special design main random number update process (S103), sensor detection process (S104), normal operation process (S105), and special operation process (S106), which will be described later, are executed. Thereafter, other processing (S107) is executed, and the main side timer interrupt processing (S005) ends. As other processing (S107), based on the number of special-figure 2 reserved balls described later, the second special-figure reservation display 43b is controlled to a display mode indicating the number, or based on the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls described later It controls the display mode which shows the number of the 1st special figure reservation indicator 43a. Then, the processing of steps S002 to S004 of the main control main processing is repeatedly executed until the next interrupt pulse is input to the CPU 82 (see FIG. 17). A side timer interrupt process (S005) is executed. In the output processing (S101) of the main timer interrupt processing (S005) executed again, the commands set in the output buffer of the RAM 84 in the previous main timer interrupt processing (S005) are output.

[Sensor detection process] As shown in FIG. 19, in the sensor detection process (S104), first, it is determined whether or not the game ball has passed through the gate 28, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the gate sensor 28a. S201). If the game ball has passed through the gate 28 (YES in S201), a gate passage process, which will be described later, is performed (S202). On the other hand, if the game ball has not passed through the gate 28 (NO in S201), the process passes through the gate passing process (S202) and proceeds to step S203.

In step S203, it is determined whether or not a game ball has entered the second start hole 21, that is, whether or not a game ball has been detected by the second start hole sensor 21a (S203). If the game ball has not won the second start port 21 (NO in S203), the process proceeds to step S209, but if the game ball has won the second start port 21 (YES in S203), the special figure 2 Determining whether the number of pending balls (the number of second special pending, specifically the number of the counter that counts the number of second special pending, provided in RAM 84) has reached "4" (upper limit number) (S204). Then, if the number of special 2 pending balls has reached "4" (YES in S204), the process proceeds to step S209, but if the number of special 2 pending balls is less than "4" (in S204 NO), 1 is added to the number of reserved balls of special figure 2 (S205). It should be noted that the upper limit number of the special figure 2 reserved balls is not limited to "4", and can be changed as appropriate.

Then special figure 2 relation random number acquisition processing is done (S206). In the special figure 2 random number acquisition process (S206), the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A), the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS), the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC) and fluctuation A pattern random number counter value (label-TRND-T1) is acquired (that is, the random number group shown in FIG. 12A is acquired).

Subsequently, a second starting winning command specifying process is performed (S207). In the second starting winning command identification process (S207), a starting winning command (hereinafter also referred to as "second starting winning command") is generated using a starting winning command identification table shown in FIG. 16 based on the random value group obtained in step S206. identify. As described above, the specified second start winning command includes win/fail information, hit type information, start opening information, special figure reserved ball number information, reach information, SP reach information, and the like. The specified second start winning command is set in the output buffer of RAM 84 .

Then, the game control microcomputer 81 stores the random number group (special figure 2 related random numbers) shown in FIG. (S208). Specifically, when the special figure 2 reserved ball number is "1", the special figure 2 related random number is stored in the first storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b, and the special figure 2 reserved ball number is " 2", the special figure 2 relation random number is stored in the second storage area of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b, and when the number of special figure 2 reservation balls is "3", the special figure 2 relation random number is stored in the second Stored in the third storage area of the 2 special figure reservation storage unit 85b, and when the number of special figure 2 reservation balls is "4", the special figure 2 relation random number is stored in the fourth storage area of the 2nd special figure reservation storage unit 85b Store (see FIG. 9B).

Subsequently, in the sensor detection process (S104), it is determined whether or not the game ball has entered the first start hole 20, that is, whether or not the game ball has been detected by the first start hole sensor 20a (S209). When the game ball has not won the first start port 20 (NO in S209), the process is finished, but when the game ball has won the first start port 20 (YES in S209), the special figure 1 is reserved. Determine whether the number of balls (the number of first special reserves, specifically the number of the counter that counts the number of first special reserves provided in RAM 84) has reached "4" (upper limit number) ( S210). Then, if the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls has reached "4" (YES in S210), the process ends, but if the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls is less than "4" (NO in S210 ), and add "1" to the number of special-figure 1 reserved balls (S211). It should be noted that the upper limit number of the special figure 1 reserved ball number is not limited to "4", it can be changed as appropriate.

Then special figure 1 relation random number acquisition processing is done (S212). In the special figure 1 random number acquisition process (S212), the value of the jackpot random number counter (label-TRND-A value), the value of the hit type random number counter (label-TRND-AS value), the value of the reach random number counter (label -TRND-RC value) and the fluctuation pattern random number counter value (label -TRND-T1 value) (that is, obtain the random value group shown in FIG. 12A).

Subsequently, a first starting winning command specifying process is performed (S213). In the first start winning command specifying process (S213), a starting winning command (hereinafter also referred to as "first starting winning command") is generated using the starting winning command specifying table shown in FIG. 16 based on the random value group obtained in step S212. identify. As described above, the specified first start winning command includes win/fail information, hit type information, starting opening information, special figure reserved ball number information, reach information, SP reach information, and the like. The identified first start winning command is set in the output buffer of RAM 84 .

Then, the game control microcomputer 81 stores the random number group (special figure 1 related random numbers) shown in FIG. (S214), and the process ends. Specifically, when the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is "1", the special figure 1 related random number is stored in the first storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a, and the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is " 2", the special figure 1 relation random number is stored in the second storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a, and when the number of special figure 1 reservation balls is "3", the special figure 1 relation random number is stored in the second storage area. Stored in the third storage area of the 1 special figure reservation storage unit 85a, and when the number of special figure 1 reservation balls is "4", the special figure 1 related random number is stored in the 4th storage area of the 1st special figure reservation storage unit 85a Store (see FIG. 9A).

[Gate Passing Process] As shown in FIG. 20, in the gate passing process (S202), the number of normal design reserved balls (the number of normal design reservations, specifically the value of the counter that counts the number of normal design reservations provided in the RAM 84 ) is 4 or more (S301), and if the number of normal symbol reserved balls is 4 or more (YES in S301), the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the number of normal design reserved balls is not 4 or more (NO in S301), "1" is added to the number of normal design reserved balls (S302), and normal design random number acquisition processing is performed (S303). In the normal design random number acquisition process (S303), the normal design random number counter value (label-TRND-H value, see FIG. 12(B)) is acquired, and the acquired random value is stored in the normal design reservation storage unit 86 of the RAM 84. It is stored in a storage area corresponding to the current number of normal design holding balls.

[Normal Operation Process] The game control microcomputer 81 performs the normal operation process (S105) following the sensor detection process (S104) (see FIG. 18). As shown in FIG. 21, in the normal operation process (S105), first, it is determined whether or not the power tube 22 is in operation (S401). If the electric chew 22 is not in operation (NO in S401), then it is determined whether or not the normal symbol is being stopped (S402). If the normal symbols are not being stopped and displayed (NO in S402), then it is determined whether or not the normal symbols are being displayed in a variable manner (S403). If the variable display of normal symbols is not in progress (NO in S403), then it is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of normal symbols is "0" (S404). If the number of reserved balls in the normal design is "0" (YES in S404), this process ends.

In step S404, if the number of reserved balls of normal symbols is not "0" (NO in S404), hit determination processing is performed (S405). In the hit determination process (S405), the normal symbol random number counter value (label-TRND-H value) stored in the normal pattern reservation storage unit 86 is read, and the normal symbol hit determination table shown in FIG. 13(C) is used. It is determined whether it hits or not. Then, a pattern determination process is performed to set the normal pattern stop pattern data according to the result of the hit determination in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 84 (S406). That is, in the symbol determination process (S406), if it is "losing", data corresponding to "general figure losing symbol" is set, and if "hitting", data corresponding to "normal winning symbol" is set.

Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 performs normal symbol variation time determination processing (S407). In the normal design fluctuation time determination process (S407), referring to the normal design fluctuation pattern selection table shown in FIG. Choose a pattern. On the other hand, if the game state is a non-time-saving state, a normal design variation pattern in which the normal design variation time is 30 seconds is selected.

Next, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the number of normal symbol reserved balls by one (S408). Then, the storage location (storage area) of each general pattern reservation in the general pattern reservation storage unit 86 is shifted by one from the current position to the side to be read, and the memory corresponding to the fourth reservation in the general pattern reservation storage unit 86 Clear the area (storage area farthest from the read side) (S409). In this way, it is made to be digested in the order in which the general map reservation was reserved. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 starts variable display of normal symbols in the normal symbol variation pattern selected in step S407 (S410). Along with this, in order to inform the sub-control board 90 of the start of normal symbol variation, a normal symbol variation start command is set.

If it is during the fluctuation display of the normal design in the above step S403 (YES in S403), then it is determined whether or not the fluctuation time of the normal design has passed (S411), and if it has not passed, the process is finished. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S411), the variable display of normal symbols is stopped with the display result (normal winning symbol or normal losing symbol) according to the determination result of the normal symbol random number (S412). Then, the normal symbol variation stop command for informing the sub-control board 90 of the normal symbol variation stop is set (S413), the normal symbol stop time is set (S414), and the process ends.

Also, if the stop display of the normal design is in progress at step S402 described above (YES at S402), then it is determined whether or not the stop time of the normal design set at step S414 has passed (S415). If not, terminate the process. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S415), it is determined whether or not the normal pattern stop pattern data of the normal winning pattern is set (S416), and if it is not the data of the normal winning pattern (that is, if it is not a hit (NO in S416)), and this processing ends. On the other hand, if it is normal winning pattern data (that is, if it is winning (YES in S416)), the opening pattern of electric chew 22 is set (S417). Specifically, if it is in the time saving state, the opening pattern for the time saving state (see the electric chew opening TBL2 in FIG. 15) is set as the opening pattern of the electric chew 22 . On the other hand, if it is in the non-time-saving state, the open pattern (see electric-tube open TBL1 in FIG. 15) during the non-time-saving state is set as the open pattern of the electric tube 22 . Then, according to the opening pattern set in step S417, the electric tube 22 is operated (S418).

Also, if the electric tube 22 is in operation in the above step S401 (YES in S401), then it is determined whether or not the operating time of the electric tube 22 has elapsed (S419). Finish processing. On the other hand, if it has passed (YES in S419), the operation of the electric chew 22 is terminated (S420).

[Special Action Processing] After the normal action processing (S105), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special action processing (S106) (see FIG. 18). As shown in FIG. 22, in the special action process (S106), the process relating to the special symbol display device 41 and the big winning device 31 is divided into four stages, and "special action status 1, 2, 3, 4" is assigned to each stage. are assigned. Then, when the "special action status" is "1" (YES in S1301), the game control microcomputer 81 performs special symbol standby processing (S1302), and the "special action status" is "2". In case (NO in S1301, YES in S1303), special symbol fluctuation processing (S1304) is performed, and if "special operation status" is "3" (NO in S1301, S1303, YES in S1305) , Special symbol determination processing (S1306) is performed, and when the "special action status" is "4" (S1301, S1303, S1305 are all NO), special electric accessory processing (S1307) is performed. Note that the special operation status is "1" by default.

[Special Symbol Standby Processing] As shown in FIG. 23, in the special symbol standby processing (S1302), first, whether or not the number of reserved balls in the second starting port 21 (that is, the number of special figure 2 reserved balls) is "0". is determined (S1401). If the special figure 2 reserved ball number is "0" (YES in S1401), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the second start port 21, the first start It is determined whether or not the number of reserved balls of mouth 20 (that is, the number of reserved balls of special figure 1) is "0" (S1407). And, if the number of special figure 1 reserved balls is also "0" (YES in S1407), that is, if there is no memory of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the first start port 20, the customer It is determined whether or not the wait flag is ON (S1415). If it is ON (YES at S1415), this processing is terminated. If it is not ON (NO at S1415), the customer waiting command is set in the output buffer of RAM 84 (S1416), and the customer waiting flag is turned ON (S1417). , terminate the process.

If the number of special figure 2 reserved balls is not "0" in step S1401 (NO in S1401), that is, the storage of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the second start port 21 (reservation information of special figure 2 ), if there is one or more, special figure 2 jackpot determination processing (S1402) and special figure 2 variation pattern selection processing (S1403) to be described later are performed. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the number of special figure 2 reserved balls by 1 (S1404). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b is shifted by one to the side read from the current position, and the first reservation in the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b Clear the storage area corresponding to (S1405). Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 2 fluctuation start processing (S1406), and proceeds to step S1413. In the special figure 2 fluctuation start process (S1406), while setting the special operation status to "2", the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the RAM84, and the fluctuation display of the second special symbol is started. In addition, the variation start command (also called the special figure 2 variation start command) set in the special figure 2 variation start process (S1406) includes the special figure stop design data set in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) Information and information of the variation pattern set in the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) (information including information on variation time) is included.

Also, if the number of special 2 reserved balls is "0" but the number of special 1 reserved balls is not "0" (YES in S1401 and NO in S1407), that is, there is no reservation information of special 2, If there is one or more memories of the random number counter value group acquired due to the winning of the 1 start port 20 (reservation information of special figure 1), special figure 1 jackpot determination processing (S1408) and special figure described later 1 fluctuation pattern selection processing (S1409) is performed. After that, the game control microcomputer 81 decrements the number of special figure 1 reserved balls by 1 (S1410). Then, the storage location (storage area) of various counter values in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a is shifted by one to the side to be read from the current position, and the fourth reservation in the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a (S1411). In this way, the first special figure reservation is digested in the order in which it was reserved. Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 81 executes special figure 1 fluctuation start processing (S1412), and proceeds to step S1413. In the special figure 1 fluctuation start process (S1412), while setting the special operation status to "2", the fluctuation start command is set in the output buffer of the RAM84, and the fluctuation display of the first special symbol is started. In addition, the variation start command (also called the special figure 1 variation start command) set in the special figure 1 variation start process (S1412) is the special figure stop pattern data set in the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408) Information and information (information including information on fluctuation time) of the fluctuation pattern set in the special figure 1 fluctuation pattern selection process (S1409) is included.

When proceeding to step S1413, it is determined whether or not the customer waiting flag is ON, and if it is ON, the customer waiting flag is turned OFF (S1414), and the process ends. As described above, in this embodiment, the variable display of the special symbols based on the first special figure reservation is performed only when the second special figure reservation is "0" (YES in S1401). That is, digestion of the second special figure reservation is executed with priority over digestion of the first special figure reservation.

[Special figure 2 jackpot determination process (special figure 1 jackpot determination process)] Special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) and special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408) have the same processing flow, so based on FIG. will be explained together. As shown in FIG. 24, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402) or the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), first, as the determination value, the jackpot random number counter value (label-TRND-A value) is read (S1501 ). Specifically, in the special figure 2 jackpot determination process (S1402), the jackpot random number counter value stored in the first storage area (see FIG. 9B) of the second special figure reservation storage unit 85b of the RAM 84 is read. Also, in the special figure 1 jackpot determination process (S1408), the jackpot random number counter value stored in the first storage area (see FIG. 9A) of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a of the RAM 84 is read.

Next, the jackpot determination table (FIG. 13A) is set (S1502). Next, it is determined whether or not the probability variation flag is ON, that is, whether or not the state is a high probability state (S1503). Then, if it is not a high probability state (NO in S1503), that is, if it is a normal probability state (non-high probability state), the table for the non-high probability state (jackpot judgment It is determined whether or not it is a big hit based on the value "0" to "218") (S1504). On the other hand, if it is in a high probability state (YES in S1503), whether it is a big hit based on the table for high probability state (jackpot judgment value is "0" to "1499") out of the big hit judgment table (Fig. 13 (A)) It is determined whether or not (S1505).

If the result of the jackpot determination (S1504, S1505) is "jackpot", the hit type random number counter value (label-TRND-AS value) is read and hit based on the jackpot type determination table shown in FIG. The type is determined (S1506). After determining the hit type (S1506), the jackpot flag is turned ON (S1507), and the special figure stop design data (see FIG. 11 (B)) corresponding to the hit type is set in the hit type buffer provided in the RAM 84. (S1508) to finish the process. On the other hand, if the result of the big hit determination (S1504, S1505) is "losing", set the special figure stop design data corresponding to the losing design (S1508) and finish the process.

[Special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (special figure 1 variation pattern selection process)] Special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) and special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409) are the same because the flow of processing is the same A collective description will be given with reference to FIGS. 25 and 26. FIG. As shown in FIG. 25, the special figure 2 variation pattern selection process (S1403) or the special figure 1 variation pattern selection process (S1409) first determines whether the gaming state is a time saving state (whether the time saving flag is ON). (S1601).

If it is not a time saving state (NO in S1601), that is, if it is a non time saving state, then it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1602). If it is ON (YES in S1602), with reference to the non-time-saving state jackpot normal table (part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and jackpot of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 14), the fluctuation pattern random number counter value A variation pattern is selected based on (label-TRND-value of T1) (S1603). As shown in FIG. 14, when the variation pattern is determined, the variation time is also determined.

In this pachinko game machine 1, the variation pattern is selected so that SP reach (super reach) having a longer variation time after reach than normal reach can be executed. In SP reach, distribution ratios of various variation patterns are set so that the degree of winning expectation (degree of expectation for winning a jackpot) is higher than in normal reach (see FIG. 14). Therefore, when the player sees the SP reach with a long fluctuation time, it can be understood that the winning expectation is higher than that of the normal reach.

In step S1602 shown in FIG. 25, if the jackpot flag is not ON, it is determined whether or not the reach random number counter value (label-TRND-RC value) is a reach establishment random value (S1604). In addition, as shown in FIG. 13(B), the reach establishment random number is "0" to "13" if it is a non-time saving state, and is "0" to "5" if it is a time saving state. That is, the time-saving state is less likely to reach when losing than the non-time-saving state. This is in order to speed up the digestion speed of the special figure pending by making it possible to select more short reach no loss with short fluctuation time in the time saving state.

If the reach random number counter value is a reach establishment random number value (YES in S1604), that is, in the case of reach loss, there is reach loss table during non-time saving state (non-out of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 14 With reference to the time saving state and the part corresponding to the loss with reach), the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1605).

On the other hand, if the reach random number counter value is not a reach establishment random value (NO in S1604), that is, in the case of reach no loss, the reach no loss table during the non-time saving state (out of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 14 The part corresponding to the non-time-saving state and reach-less loss) is referred to, and the variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value (S1606). At the time of loss without reach, the function of shortening variation according to the number of held balls works. That is, when the number of reserved balls in the special design is "3" or "4", a variation pattern with a shorter fluctuation time than when the number of reserved balls in the special design is "0" to "2" is selected. It is designed to be

Also in step S1601, if it is determined that the gaming state is a time saving state (YES in S1601), as shown in FIG. The part corresponding to the time saving state among the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table) is performed in the same flow as the above steps S1602 to S1606 (S1607 to S1611).

That is, if it is a jackpot, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the portion corresponding to the jackpot in the time saving state of FIG. 14 (S1608). Moreover, if there is a reach loss, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the part corresponding to the time saving state in FIG. 14 and the loss with reach (S1610). Moreover, if it is a reach-less loss, a variation pattern is selected based on the variation pattern random number counter value by referring to the portion corresponding to the reach-less loss in the time saving state of FIG. 14 (S1611).

In addition, in the special figure variation pattern determination table in the time saving state (the part corresponding to the time saving state of the special figure variation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 14), the function of shortening variation according to the number of pending balls when there is no reach It works when the number of held balls is "2" to "4". That is, shortening variation is more likely to be selected than during the non-time saving state. In addition, the fluctuation time as shortening fluctuation is shorter during the time saving state than during the non-working time saving state. That is, the special figure variation pattern determination table in the time saving state is a table such that the variation time is shorter than the special figure variation pattern determination table in the non time saving state.

After selecting the variation pattern as described above, as shown in FIG. 25, the selected variation pattern is set (S1612), and the process ends. Information on the variation pattern set in step S1612 is included in the variation start command set in step S1406 or S1412 in the special symbol standby process (S1302), and sent to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101).

[Special symbol fluctuation process] As shown in FIG. 27, in the special symbol fluctuation process (S1304), first, the special symbol fluctuation time (variation time determined according to the fluctuation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, FIG. 14 See) has passed (S1801). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1801), this process is terminated immediately. As a result, the variable display of the special symbols is continued.

On the other hand, if the fluctuation time has elapsed (YES in S1801), a fluctuation stop command is set (S1802), and the special action status is set to "3" (S1803). Then, after performing other processing such as stopping the variable display of the special symbols with the symbols (jackpot symbols or losing symbols) corresponding to the set special symbol stop symbol data (S1804), this processing is finished.

[Special symbol determination process] As shown in FIG. 28, in the special symbol determination process (S1306), first, the special symbol stop time (stop time determined according to the variation pattern selected in step S1403 or S1409, see FIG. 14) (S1901). If it has not elapsed (NO in S1901), this process is terminated immediately. As a result, the stop display of the special symbols is continued. On the other hand, if the stop time has elapsed (YES in S1901), a game state management process, which will be described later, is performed (S1902).

Next, it is determined whether or not the jackpot flag is ON (S1903). If the jackpot flag is ON (YES in S1903), an opening pattern (see FIG. 11B for details) corresponding to the type of jackpot won is set (S1904). At this time, the value of a round counter that counts the number of unit open games (round games) executed during the jackpot game is set to the number of rounds corresponding to the type of jackpot won. Note that the setting of the release pattern (the set of data corresponding to the release pattern) may be performed for each round.

After step S1904, the game control microcomputer 81 performs game state reset processing (S1905). In the game state reset process (S1905), first, if the probability variation flag is ON, the probability variation flag is turned OFF, and if the time saving flag is ON, it is turned OFF. In other words, during execution of the jackpot game, it is controlled to a non-high probability state and a non-time saving state. After that, in order to start the jackpot game, a jackpot opening command is set (S1906), and the opening of the jackpot game is started (S1907). Then, the special action status is set to "4" (S1908), and this processing ends.

Also, if the jackpot flag is not ON in step S1903 (NO in S1903), the jackpot game is not started, so the special action status is set to "1" (S1909), and this process is finished.

[Game State Management Processing] As shown in FIG. 29, in the game state management processing (S1902), first, it is determined whether or not the time saving flag is ON (S2001). If it is ON (YES in S2001), decrement the value of the time saving counter that counts the number of variations of the special symbols executed during the time saving state by 1 (S2002), and determine whether the value of the time saving counter is "0" (S2003). If it is "0" (YES in S2003), turn off the time saving flag (S2004) and proceed to step S2005. If the determination result in step S2001 or S2003 is NO, the process immediately proceeds to step S2005. In step S2005, a game state specification command including information on the current game state (information on whether the variable probability flag and the time saving flag are ON or OFF), information on the value of the time saving counter, etc. is set in the output buffer of the RAM84. to end this process.

[Special Electric Accessory Process (Big Win Game)] As shown in FIG. 30, in the special electric accessary process (S1307), first, it is determined whether or not the jackpot end flag is ON (S2201). The jackpot end flag is a flag indicating that the jackpot game in progress has all the jackpots 30 opened.

If the jackpot end flag is not ON (NO in S2201), it is determined whether or not the big prize opening 30 is open (S2202). If it is not open (NO in S2202), whether or not the time has come to open the big winning mouth 30, that is, whether the opening time of the jackpot game has passed and the opening start time of the first round game has arrived, or Then, it is determined whether or not the interval time (closing time) until the once closed large winning opening 30 is reopened has passed and the opening start time has arrived (S2203).

If the determination result in step S2203 is NO, the process ends. On the other hand, if the determination result in step S2203 is YES, the big winning hole 30 is opened according to the opening pattern (see FIG. 11(B)) corresponding to the type of big win (S2204).

In the following step S2205, round designation command transmission determination processing is performed. In the round designation command transmission determination process (S2205), it is determined whether or not the opening of the big winning opening 30 in step S2204 is the first opening during one round game, and if so, the jackpot game being executed A round specifying command containing information on the number of rounds is set in the output buffer of the RAM 84. In this embodiment, the large winning opening 30 is not opened multiple times during one round game. Therefore, in step S2205, the round designation command is always set.

In step S2202 of the special electric accessory processing (S1307), if the large winning opening 30 is open (YES in S2202), it is determined whether or not the conditions for closing the large winning opening 30 are satisfied (S2206). In this form, the closing condition is that the number of prizes to be won into the big prize mouth 30 in the round game reaches the prescribed maximum number of prizes (8 per 1R in this form), or the time to close the big prize mouth 30 (ie, a predetermined opening time (see FIG. 11(B)) has passed since the big winning opening 30 was opened) is satisfied. Then, if the conditions for closing the big winning opening 30 are not met (NO in S2206), the process is finished.

On the other hand, if the condition for closing the big winning opening 30 is satisfied (YES in S2206), the big winning opening 30 is closed (blocked) (S2207). Then, it is determined whether or not one round game ends due to the closing of step S2207 (S2008). If one round game has not ended (NO in S2208), this process ends. On the other hand, when one round game ends (YES in S2208), the value of the round counter is decremented by 1 (S2209), and it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter is "0" (S2210). If it is not "0" (NO at S2210), the process ends as it is to start the next round game.

On the other hand, if it is "0" (YES in S2210), as a jackpot ending process for ending the jackpot game, a jackpot ending command is set (S2211), and a jackpot ending is started (S2212). Then, the jackpot end flag is set (S2213), and the process ends.

Also, if the jackpot end flag is ON in step S2201 (YES in S2201), the final round has ended, so it is determined whether or not the jackpot ending time has passed (S2214). If the ending time has not passed (NO in S2214), the process ends. On the other hand, if the ending time has passed (YES in S2214), the jackpot end flag is turned OFF (S2215), the jackpot flag is turned OFF (S2216), and the special action status is set to "1" (S2217). As a result, in the next main timer interrupt process (S005), the special symbol standby process (S1302) is executed again as the special action process (see FIG. 22). After that, a game state setting process (S2218), which will be described later, is performed, and this process ends.

[Playing State Setting Processing] As shown in FIG. 31, in the gaming state setting processing (S2218), first, the type of jackpot is a probability variable jackpot (stopped pattern is special figure 1_jackpot pattern 1 or special figure 2_jackpot pattern 1, FIG. 11 ( A)) is determined (S2301). If it is not a probability variable jackpot (NO in S2301), the time saving flag is turned ON (S2305), the time saving counter is set to "100" (S2306), and the process proceeds to step S2307. As a result, the game state after the big hit game this time becomes the normal probability state, time saving state and high base state (that is, low probability high base state). This low-probability-high base state ends when either condition is established that the variable display of the special symbol is performed 100 times or that the next jackpot is won.

On the other hand, if it is a probability variable jackpot in step S2301, the probability variable flag is turned ON (S2302), and the time saving flag is turned ON (S2303). Then, "10000" is set in the time saving counter (S2304), and the process proceeds to step S2307. As a result, the game state after the current jackpot game becomes a high-probability state, a time-saving state, and a high-base state (that is, a high-probability-high-base state). This high-probability-high base state will continue until the next jackpot is substantially won. In other words, the variable probability flag is not turned off until the next jackpot game is started. And since it is almost impossible for the variable display of the special symbol to be executed until the value of the time saving counter changes from "10000" to "0", the time saving flag will not be turned off until the next jackpot game is started. do not have.

In step S2307, a game state designation command including information on the current game state (information on whether the variable probability flag and the time saving flag are ON or OFF), information on the value of the time saving counter, etc. is set in the output buffer of the RAM84. to end this process.

7. Stereoscopic Image Next, the fact that the image display device 7 of the present embodiment can visually recognize a stereoscopic image will be described. A stereoscopic image is not an image that appears to be arranged on the display screen 7a, but an object to be visually recognized by the right eye (image of the object to be visually recognized by the right eye) and an object to be visually recognized by the left eye (image of the object to be visually recognized by the left eye). This is an image (naked-eye 3D image) that appears to be arranged at a position distant in the front-rear direction with respect to the display screen 7a by using a shift (parallax).

FIG. 32A is a schematic cross-sectional view when the image display device 7 is cut on a plane. As shown in FIG. 32A, the image display device 7 includes an image display liquid crystal layer 7b, a backlight 7c arranged behind the image display liquid crystal layer 7b, and an image display liquid crystal layer 7b arranged in front of the image display liquid crystal layer 7b. and a parallax barrier layer 7d arranged in the . In the parallax barrier layer 7d, as shown in FIG. 32A, transmissive slits 7e and non-transmissive barrier bands 7f are alternately arranged in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 32B is a diagram schematically showing a state in which the left and right eyes of the player visually recognize the image display liquid crystal layer 7b through the parallax barrier layer 7d. As shown in FIG. 32(B), in the image display liquid crystal layer 7b, the area viewed by the player's right eye is indicated as the "right eye area R", and the area viewed by the player's left eye is indicated as the "left eye area R". area L”. Then, the image display device 7 displays an image for the right eye, which is a visual recognition target, in the area R for the right eye, and displays an image for the left eye, which is the same visual recognition target, in the area L for the left eye. As a result, in the player, a discrepancy (parallax) occurs between the object to be visually recognized by the right eye (the image of the object to be visually recognized with the right eye) and the object to be visually recognized by the left eye (the image of the object to be visually recognized by the left eye). The display liquid crystal layer 7b, ie, the display screen 7a, is seen (three-dimensionally) at a position separated in the front-rear direction.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 33(A), the visual recognition target Rz of the right-eye image for the right eye appears slightly to the left of the center in the horizontal direction, while the visual recognition target Lz for the left-eye image for the left eye appears to the horizontal direction. When viewed slightly to the right of the center, the visual recognition target image Hx appears to be arranged at a position where a line L1 connecting the right eye and the visual recognition target Rz and a line L2 connecting the left eye and the visual recognition target Lz intersect. looks like That is, the visual recognition target image Hx can be visually recognized at a position slightly forward (towards) the display screen 7a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 33B, the viewing target Rz of the right-eye image for the right eye appears to the left of FIG. When viewed on the right side, it appears that the visual recognition target image Hx is arranged at the position where the line L1 connecting the right eye and the visual recognition target Rz and the line L2 connecting the left eye and the visual recognition target Lz intersect. That is, the visual recognition target image Hx can be visually recognized at a position further forward (towards) the display screen 7a.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 34A, the visual recognition target Rz of the right-eye image for the right eye appears slightly to the right of the center in the horizontal direction, while the visual recognition target Lz for the left-eye image appears to the left center in the horizontal direction. On the other hand, when viewed slightly to the left, it appears that the visual target image Hx is arranged at the position where the line L1 connecting the right eye and the visual target Rz and the line L2 connecting the left eye and the visual target Lz intersect. . That is, the visual recognition target image Hx can be visually recognized at a position slightly backward (toward the back) of the display screen 7a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 34B, the visual recognition target Rz of the right-eye image for the right eye appears to the right of FIG. When viewed on the left side, the visual target image Hx appears to be arranged at a position where a line L1 connecting the right eye and the visual target Rz and a line L2 connecting the left eye and the visual target Lz intersect. That is, the visual recognition target image Hx can be visually recognized at a position farther in the rearward direction (deeper) than the display screen 7a.

As described above, in the image display device 7 of the present embodiment, depending on which side (left side or right side) the viewing target Rz of the right-eye image and the viewing target Lz of the left-eye image are arranged with respect to the center in the horizontal direction, , the player can see the visual recognition target image Hx in front of or behind the display screen 7a. Then, by the deviation (parallax) between the visual recognition target Rz of the right-eye image and the visual recognition target Lz of the left-eye image, the visual recognition target image Hx can be seen closer to or further behind the display screen 7a. Hereinafter, an image in which the visual recognition target image Hx can be visually recognized in the back of the display screen 7a will be referred to as a "back parallax stereoscopic image". Note that, in the above description, the stereoscopic image is made visible by the parallax barrier method.

8. 3D Stop Notice Effect Next, the 3D stop notice effect will be described. The 3D stop notice effect is one of the look-ahead notice effects. The pre-reading notice effect suggests the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot in advance (before the change) by the start winning command based on the judgment information before the jackpot judgment processing is executed for the judgment information such as the jackpot random number. It means a notice performance to do. The 3D stop notice effect of this embodiment is characterized in that a depth parallax stereoscopic image is displayed during the stop display of the special symbols.

FIG. 35 is a timing chart of the 3D stop notice effect. As shown in FIG. 35, it is assumed that a normal losing variation (see variation pattern P4 shown in FIG. 14) with a variation time of 7000 ms is executed. In this case, after 6000 ms have passed since the start of the variable display of the special symbols, the background depth parallax display (see FIG. 36(B)) is started. Background depth parallax display will be described in detail later. Then, when 6500 ms have elapsed since the start of the variable display of the special symbols, the background depth parallax display (see FIG. 36(C)) ends. That is, towards the end of the variable display of the special symbols, in other words, just before the start of the stop display of the special symbols, the background depth parallax display is executed.

After that, the background depth stereoscopic display is executed until the stop display of the special symbol is started. The depth-of-background stereoscopic display will be described in detail later. Furthermore, even during the stop display of the special symbol for 600 ms, the background depth stereoscopic display is executed. Then, the background depth stereoscopic display is executed until 100 ms elapses after the start of the variable display of the next special symbol. In this way, the three-dimensional display at the back of the background is continuously executed from just before the variable display of the special pattern is finished, through the stop display of the special pattern, to immediately after the variable display of the next special pattern is started.

Then, when 100 ms have elapsed since the start of the variable display of the next special symbol, the background source suggestion display (see FIG. 38(A)) is started. The background source suggestion display will be described in detail later. Subsequently, when 600 ms have elapsed since the start of the next variable display, the background source suggestion display (see FIG. 38B) ends. That is, toward the beginning of the variable display of the next special symbol, in other words, immediately after the start of the variable display of the next special symbol, the background source suggestion display is executed. As described above, the 3D stop notice effect is composed of background depth parallax display→background stereoscopic display→background source suggestive display.

Next, the 3D stop notice effect will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 36 to 38. FIG. Note that FIGS. 36 to 38 schematically show images viewed by the player. As a prerequisite, it is assumed that the normal game state and the number of the first special figure reservation are four. Also, for the fourth first special figure reservation (special figure 1 relation random number stored in the fourth storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a) shown in FIG. 36 (A), 3D stop notice A case where an effect is executed will be described as an example.

In FIG. 36(A), the special symbols are being variably displayed, and the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R are variably displayed on the display screen 7a. Further, in the upper right portion (auxiliary pattern display area) of the display screen 7a, the auxiliary patterns 6L, 6C, 6R are variably displayed. In the following, the production patterns 8L, 8C, 8R may be collectively called "production patterns 8", and the auxiliary patterns 6L, 6C, 6R may be collectively called "auxiliary patterns 6".

Also, in FIG. 36A, a background image Ha showing a house and trees (specific design) is displayed on the display screen 7a. That is, the player visually recognizes the background image Ha (non-stereoscopic image) as displayed on the display screen 7a. The icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x of the display screen 7a, and the pending icon 9 is displayed in each of the pending display areas 17a to 17d of the display screen 7a. In FIGS. 36 to 38, the player visually recognizes the effect pattern 8, the auxiliary pattern 6, the icon 9, and the reserved icon 9 as if they were always displayed on the display screen 7a.

Then, at the end of the variable display of the special symbols (see FIG. 35), as shown in FIG. ” becomes easier to visually recognize. At this time, background depth parallax display is started, and the background image Hb showing the house and trees appears to be positioned gradually backward with respect to the display screen 7a. Even when the background depth parallax display is started, the effect pattern 8, the auxiliary pattern 6, the icon 9, and the reserved icon 9 appear to be displayed on the display screen 7a.

After that, when 500 ms have elapsed since the background depth parallax display was started (see FIG. 35), as shown in FIG. As a result, the number "8" indicated by the right effect pattern 8R becomes easy to see. At this time, the background depth parallax display ends, and the background image Hc showing the house and the trees appears to be positioned further behind the background image Hb shown in FIG. 36B with respect to the display screen 7a. In this way, the background depth parallax display (stereoscopic start display) changes from a state in which the background image Ha is visible on the display screen 7a to a position in which the background image Hc is visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. It is a display that changes. As described above, when the background depth parallax display is executed, from the player facing the display screen 7a, the house and trees, which are the designs of the background image, gradually recede into the depth, and only the house and trees are of their original size. appears to decrease from

Further, as shown in FIGS. 36B and 36C, during execution of the background depth parallax display, a depth parallax guidance display is provided to guide the player's line of sight backward (toward the back) of the display screen 7a. executed. In the depth parallax induction display, an acute-angle image Ei extending from the edge of the display screen 7a toward the central portion of the display screen 7a is displayed. It should be noted that the acute-angle image Ei does not appear to be displayed behind the display screen 7a, but appears to be displayed on the display screen 7a. In this background depth parallax display, as shown in FIGS. 36B and 36C, the length of the acute angle image Ei extending toward the central portion of the display screen 7a gradually increases. As a result, the player's line of sight is gradually guided backward with respect to the display screen 7a, and the houses and trees that gradually recede into the back can be emphasized.

Then, after the background depth parallax display is completed and before the stop display of the special symbol is started, the background depth stereoscopic display is executed as shown in FIG. 37(A). During execution of the background depth stereoscopic display, the background image Hc showing the house and trees appears to be separated backward by a predetermined distance D from the display screen 7a, as in FIG. 36(C). Thus, the back-background stereoscopic display is a display in which the background image Hc can be visually recognized at a position separated by a predetermined distance D in the rear direction from the display screen 7a. Further, in the state shown in FIG. 37(A), the special symbols have not yet been stopped and displayed, and the left effect symbol 8L, the middle effect symbol 8C and the right effect symbol 8R swayed slightly on the display screen 7a. In the state, the temporary stop is displayed in the fail mode of "538".

After that, when the special symbols are stopped and displayed, as shown in FIG. 37(B), the left effect symbol 8L, the middle effect symbol 8C, and the right effect symbol 8R are displayed on the display screen 7a in a non-swinging state, "538". The stop display is definitely performed in the lost mode. In addition, in the upper right portion (auxiliary pattern display area) of the display screen 7a, the auxiliary pattern 6 is definitely stop-displayed in the losing mode of "627". During the stop display of the special symbols for 600 ms, the background back three-dimensional display (still three-dimensional display) is being executed, and the player can display only the background image Hc (stereoscopic image) showing houses and trees on the display screen 7a. On the other hand, it is viewed as if it is separated by a predetermined distance D in the rear direction.

Subsequently, when the stop display of the special symbol for 600 ms ends, the variable display of the next special symbol starts. At this time, as shown in FIG. 37(C), the performance symbol 8 indicating the failure mode of "538" slightly swings with the start of the variable display. At this time, the background depth stereoscopic display is still being performed, and the background image Hc appears to be separated from the display screen 7a by a predetermined distance D in the backward direction. Since the next special symbol has started to be variably displayed, the auxiliary symbol 6 has started to be variably displayed in the upper right portion of the display screen 7a, as shown in FIG. 37(C).

Also, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (at the timing when the variable display of the next special symbol is started), the icon 9 disappears from the display area 17x, and each reserved icon 9 shifts. . That is, the pending icon 9 displayed in the first pending display area 17a is shifted as the icon 9 to the display area 17x. Further, the pending icons 9 displayed in the second pending display area 17b to the fourth pending display area 17d shift to the first pending display area 17a to the third pending display area 17c on the left side, respectively.

Then, when 100 ms have passed since the start of the variable display of the next special symbol (see FIG. 35), as shown in FIG. appears to gradually move forward with respect to the display screen 7a. Also, even during execution of the background-original parallax display, the performance symbol 8 indicating the failure state of "538" is still swinging and is not scrolled (moved) downward.

Thereafter, when 500 ms have passed since the background-source parallax display started (see FIG. 35), the background-source parallax display ends and the background image Ha showing a house and trees is displayed as shown in FIG. 38(B). It is displayed on the screen 7a. That is, the player visually recognizes the background image Ha as it is displayed on the display screen 7a. In this way, the background original parallax display (stereoscopic end display) changes from a state in which the background image Hc is visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rearward direction, to a state in which the background image Ha is visible on the display screen 7a. It is a display that changes. As described above, when the background original parallax display is executed, the house and trees, which are the specific design of the background image, gradually appear in front of the player facing the display screen 7a. It looks like it's getting bigger as it goes back.

Then, after the background original parallax display is completed, as shown in FIG. 38(C), the performance symbol 8 indicating the failure state of "538" starts scrolling (moving) downward. After that, the effect pattern 8 indicating the failure mode of "538" disappears from the display screen 7a, and the effect pattern 8 is variably displayed at high speed. Then, the 3D stop notice effect for the third first special figure reservation (special figure 1 relation random number stored in the third storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a) is the special symbol It is executed from the end of the fluctuation display to the beginning of the next special symbol fluctuation display.

Thereafter, similarly, after the hold icon 9 is shifted, the 3D stop notice effect for the second first special symbol hold is executed from the end of the special symbol variable display to the beginning of the next special symbol variable display. . Subsequently, after the reservation icon 9 is shifted, the 3D stop notice performance for the first special symbol reservation is executed from the end of the variable display of the special symbol to the beginning of the next special symbol variable display. In this way, the 3D stop notice effect is changed from 4 changes to 1 change before the big win determination process is executed for the judgment information such as the big win random number that is the target of the look-ahead notice effect (before the change is executed). Until before, it may be executed from the end of the special symbol variable display to the beginning of the next special symbol variable display. In other words, the 3D stop notice effect is also a continuous notice effect that may be executed across a plurality of variable displays of special symbols.

Next, based on FIG. 57, the winning expectation of the 3D stop notice effect will be described. As shown in FIG. 57, before the jackpot determination process is executed for the judgment information such as the jackpot random number that is the target of the pre-reading notice effect (before the change is executed), only one change before the 3D When the stop notice effect is executed, it suggests that the winning expectation for the determination information is 2%. In addition, when it is executed from 2 fluctuations before to 1 fluctuation before, it suggests that the winning expectation with respect to the determination information is 3%. In addition, when it is executed from 3 changes before to 1 change before, it suggests that the winning expectation with respect to the determination information is 5%. Also, as described above, when the game is executed from 4 changes before to 1 change before, it suggests that the winning expectation for the determination information is 10%. As described above, the greater the number of times the 3D stop notice effect is continuously executed, the higher the expectation of winning. In this way, by making the player pay attention to how many times the 3D stop notice effect is continuously executed, it is possible to increase interest during the stop display of the special symbols.

Next, the effects of the 3D stop notice effect as the look-ahead notice effect will be described. Therefore, the problems of the conventional look-ahead forewarning effects will be described first. Among the conventional pre-reading notice effects, there are various pre-reading notice effects such as a pending change notice effect and a cut-in notice effect. Therefore, the player pays attention to the execution of the pre-reading notice effect during the variable display of the special symbols, but does not pay attention to the execution of the pre-reading notice effect during the stop display of the special symbols. many.

Therefore, in order to increase interest during the stop display of the special symbols, it is conceivable to execute a look-ahead notice effect during the stop display of the special symbols. However, the stop time of the special symbols is generally a very short time such as 600 ms, and the look-ahead effect using the stop time of the special symbols is difficult to give an impact. That is, how to give an impact to the player with respect to the look-ahead foretelling performance during the stop display of the special symbols which are executed only for a very short time, and make it easy for the player to notice that the look-ahead foretelling performance is being executed. was the problem.

Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), during the stop display of the special symbols for 600 ms, the background depth stereoscopic display of the 3D stop notice effect is executed. As a result, while allowing the player to visually recognize the stop-displayed production pattern 8 as if it were arranged on the display screen 7a, only the background image Hc showing the house and trees is displayed backward with respect to the display screen 7a. It is visually recognized as if it is separated by a predetermined distance D. - 特許庁As a result, it is possible to give an impact to the player who thinks that the background image showing the house and trees can always be visually recognized on the display screen 7a. In this way, the player can be shown the impactful pre-reading foretelling performance (3D stop foretelling performance) in spite of the stop display of the special symbols for an extremely short period of time, thereby making it easier for the player to notice the execution of the fore-reading performance. is possible.

Further, in this embodiment, prior to the start of the stop display of the special symbols, toward the end of the variable display of the special symbols, the background depth parallax display is executed as shown in FIGS. That is, immediately before the stop display of the special symbol is started, the background image Hc can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction from the state where the background image Ha can be visually recognized on the display screen 7a. gradually changes to In this way, the background image Hc, which is at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rearward direction, is not suddenly visible only during the stop display of the special symbols. It is visually recognized that the background image showing the trees gradually recedes into the depths. Therefore, in the process leading up to the 3D display at the back of the background, it is possible to provide special visibility in which the house and trees in the background image gradually recede into the background, thereby presenting a more impactful look-ahead effect. .

Also, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), after the background depth stereoscopic display is executed during the variable display of the special symbols, the next special symbol is displayed as shown in FIGS. Background original parallax display is executed toward the beginning of the variable display. That is, immediately after the start of the variable display of the next special symbol, the background image Ha is visible on the display screen 7a from the state where the background image Hc is visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. Change as gradually as possible. In this way, after the start of the variable display of the next special pattern, the background image showing the house and the trees gradually appears in front of the player. Therefore, as a process until the background image Ha becomes visible as usual, it is possible to provide special visibility in which the house and trees in the background image gradually come to the fore. Then, it is possible to prevent the background image Hc, which can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rearward direction, from being shown longer than necessary while indicating the end of the 3D stop notice effect in an easy-to-understand manner to the player. . In other words, it is possible to prevent the background image Hc that gives a sense of discomfort from being shown for longer than necessary in a situation where the effect based on the variable display of the next special symbol has already started.

9. 3D Icon Notice Effect Next, the 3D icon notice effect will be described. The 3D icon announcement effect is an announcement effect in which the pending icon 9 or the icon 9 can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. This 3D icon notice effect is not only a look-ahead notice effect, but also a notice effect suggesting in advance the degree of expectation for winning a big win with respect to the change (before being notified whether it is a big win or a loss). Note that, hereinafter, the hold icon 9 that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction is referred to as a "3D hold icon 9X (stereoscopic icon)", and is positioned forward from the display screen 7a. The icon 9 that can be visually recognized at the position will be called a "3D icon 9Y (stereoscopic icon)".

Here, the display mode of the icon 9 (the pending icon 9 or the icon 9) of this embodiment will be described. The icon 9, whether it is the pending icon 9 or the icon 9, is basically disk-shaped with a triangle inside a circle. As a default (basic) display mode of the icon 9, there is a white disk shape. Therefore, when the icon 9 has a white disk shape, it suggests that the winning expectation is less than 1%, and does not substantially suggest the winning expectation. Note that the icon 9, which has a white disc shape as a default, corresponds to the "normal icon".

In this embodiment, as in the conventional pachinko game machine, a 2D icon announcement effect may be executed. In the 2D icon notice effect, the pending icon 9 or the icon 9 (icon 9) can be visually recognized as if it is arranged on the display screen 7a, and is displayed in a display mode different from the default display mode (white disc shape). It is a production that is becoming.

As shown in FIG. 58, in the 2D icon advance notice effect, when the icon 9 has a blue disk shape, it suggests that the winning expectation is 2%. Also, when the icon 9 is a green disk, it suggests that the winning expectation is 10%. Also, when the icon 9 is a red disk, it suggests that the winning expectation is 35%. Also, when the icon 9 is in the shape of a rainbow-colored disc, it suggests that the winning expectation is 100%. In other words, when the icon 9 is in the shape of a rainbow-colored disc, it suggests that winning the jackpot is confirmed without losing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 58, the icon 9 is not limited to the disc shape, and may be a logo sword shape (see FIG. 45 (C-1)) in which a sword imitating the logo sword accessory 300 is stuck in the disc shape. may be When the icon 9 has a logo sword shape, it suggests that the winning expectation is 50%. Each winning expectation level of the 3D icon announcement effect shown in FIG. 58 will be described later.

Next, the 3D icon preview effect will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 39 to 42. FIG. 39 to 42 schematically show images viewed by the player. As a precondition, it is assumed that it is in a normal game state and that the number of the first special figure reservation is one. That is, as shown in FIG. 39(A), the icon 9 is displayed on the display area 17x, and the reserved icon 9 is displayed on the first reserved display area 17a. is variably displayed on the display screen 7a.

Then, when the game ball flowing down the game area 3 enters the first start port 20, the second first special figure reservation (stored in the second storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a It is assumed that the 3D icon announcement effect is executed for the special figure 1 related random number). In this 3D icon announcement effect, as shown in FIG. 39B, the 3D suspension icon 9X can be visually recognized at a position away from the second suspension display area 17b in the forward direction. In other words, at the timing when the game ball enters the first start hole 20, the holding icon 9 is not visible as if it is placed on the second holding display area 17b, and the 3D holding icon 9X is displayed in the second holding display area. 17b appears to occur at an anteriorly distant position.

The shape and pattern of the 3D pending icon 9X is a disk shape, which is the same as the shape and pattern of the default icon 9. FIG. Therefore, it is possible for the player to easily understand that the 3D pending icon 9X has been changed from the default icon 9 . However, for the player facing the display screen 7a, the 3D pending icon 9X that can be visually recognized at a position away from the second pending display area 17b in the front direction is the pending icon 9 arranged on the second pending display area 17b. It looks bigger because it protrudes forward. Since the newly generated icon suddenly looks like a large 3D reserved icon 9X, it is possible to make the player think that this is a novel icon announcement effect that has never existed before. In addition, in this embodiment, the display mode of the 3D suspension icon 9X is always a white disk shape. This 3D pending icon 9X substantially suggests that the winning expectation is at least 30% or higher. This point will be described later.

After FIG. 39(B), on the display screen 7a, the performance symbol 8 that has been displayed in a variable manner is definitely stopped and displayed in a failing manner indicating "197" as shown in FIG. 39(C). At this time, the special symbol is stopped and displayed, and the auxiliary symbol 6 is stopped at "264" in the upper right portion (auxiliary symbol display area) of the display screen 7a.

Subsequently, as the variable display of the next special symbol is started, as shown in FIG. 40(A), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears and the first reserved display area The pending icon 9 displayed in 17a begins to move toward the display area 17x. At this time, the 3D suspension icon 9X moves leftward from a position forwardly away from the second suspension display area 17b while remaining visible at a position forwardly away from the display screen 7a. Begin to. That is, the 3D suspension icon 9X does not suddenly appear so as to be visually recognized at a position away from the first suspension display area 17a in the forward direction after it disappears as the next special symbol is displayed in a variable manner. . Therefore, it is possible to provide a novel way of showing that the 3D hold icon 9X is shifted in a state in which it appears as if it has jumped out of the display screen 7a. Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 40(A), when the pending icon 9 and the 3D pending icon 9X start to shift, the effect pattern 8 has not yet scrolled (moved) downward and is swinging. .

FIG. 40(B) shows a state in which the shift of the pending icon 9 and the 3D pending icon 9X has been completed. That is, the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x. Further, a 3D suspension icon 9X is displayed so as to be visible at a position away from the first suspension display area 17a in the forward direction. Even at this time, the effect pattern 8 has not yet scrolled (moved) downward and is still swinging.

After that, the effect pattern 8 is scrolled downward, and as shown in FIG. 40(C), the effect pattern 8 is variably displayed at high speed. Then, on the display screen 7a, the performance symbol 8 that has been variably displayed is definitely stopped and displayed in a failing manner indicating "372" as shown in FIG. 41(A). At this time, the special symbol is stopped and displayed, and the auxiliary symbol 6 is stopped at "189" in the upper right portion (auxiliary symbol display area) of the display screen 7a.

Subsequently, along with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol, the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and a position away from the first reserved display area 17a in the forward direction. The 3D hold icon 9X that has been visually recognized by disappears. Then, as shown in FIG. 41(B), the 3D icon 9Y appears suddenly at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction. Thus, when the variable display (the variation) of the special symbol corresponding to the 3D pending icon 9X is started, the 3D pending icon 9X shifts while remaining visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. It does not (move), and the 3D icon 9Y suddenly appears at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction. The display mode of the 3D concerned icon 9Y at this time is a white disc shape, like the 3D pending icon 9X.

Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 41(B), when the white disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y is displayed at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction, the icon 9Y is always suspended. Promotion zone production is to be started. The pending promotion zone effect is a effect suggesting that the degree of expectation for winning a big win is increased by changing the display mode of the 3D icon 9Y to a display mode different from the white disc shape. An example of the pending promotion zone production will be described below.

As shown in FIG. 41(B), when the pending promotion zone effect is started, a pending promotion suggesting image HZ showing the characters "suspended promotion zone" is displayed on the display screen 7a. As a result, the player can expect the 3D icon 9Y to change from the white disk shape to the display mode. After that, as shown in FIG. 41(C), the 3D icon 9Y, which can be visually recognized at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction, changes its display mode from a white disc shape to a red disc shape. . As a result, it is possible for the player to have the impression that the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot has increased. In order to clearly indicate that the display mode of the 3D icon 9Y has changed (promoted), the display screen 7a displays a promotion image SK showing the characters "promoted".

As described above, in the pending promotion zone production of this embodiment, as described above, the display mode of the 3D icon 9Y changes from a white disc shape (normal display mode) to a red disc shape (special display mode). , when the display mode of the 3D icon 9Y changes from a white disc shape to a blue disc shape (special display mode), when it changes from a white disc shape to a green disc shape (special display mode), There is a case where the white disk shape changes to a rainbow-colored disk shape (special display mode). It should be noted that the display mode of the 3D relevant icon 9Y remains in the white disk shape, and the pending promotion zone effect will not end.

As shown in FIG. 57, the 3D icon 9Y that changes from a white disc shape to a blue disc shape suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is 30%. Also, the 3D icon 9Y that changes from a white disc shape to a green disc shape suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is 40%. Also, the 3D icon 9Y that changes from a white disc shape to a red disc shape suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is 50%. In addition, the 3D icon 9Y that changes from a white disk shape to a rainbow-colored disk shape suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is 100%, that is, that the winning of the jackpot is confirmed. suggesting.

Thus, in this embodiment, when a game ball enters the starting port (first starting port 20 or second starting port 21) during the variable display of the special symbol (performance symbol 8), the 3D pending icon 9X may be displayed. be. The 3D suspension icon 9X has a white disk shape, and its display mode does not change as long as it can be visually recognized at a position away from the suspension display areas 17a to 17d in the forward direction. After that, as described above, when the variable display (the variation) of the special symbol corresponding to the 3D reserved icon 9X is started, the 3D icon 9Y is positioned forwardly away from the display area 17x. to be displayed. Then, the pending promotion zone presentation is always executed, and the white disk-shaped 3D icon PY changes to the disk-shaped 3D icon PY of any one of blue, green, red, and rainbow colors.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when a white disk-shaped 3D reserved icon 9X is generated, when the change to the 3D reserved icon 9X is executed, the reserved promotion zone effect suggests that the winning expectation is high. The display mode will always change. As a result, even if the white disk-shaped 3D pending icon 9X is generated for the player, when the change is executed, the player can display the 3D pending icon 9Y with a higher expectation of winning. , can always be shown to the player. In other words, when the white disk-shaped 3D pending icon 9X is generated, it is the same white disk shape as the default display mode of the icon 9X. There is However, when the change is executed, the icon PY is changed to a 3D icon PY that is a disk-shaped one of blue, green, red, and rainbow colors, and the winning expectation is guaranteed to be 30% or more. ing. Therefore, even if the display mode of the 3D pending icon 9X is the same white disc shape as the default display mode of the icon 9X, it is possible to give the player the impression that the icon has a high probability of winning. .

Next, based on FIG. 42, the 3D icon combination effect will be described. In the 3D icon combination effect (specific form completion effect), the logo sword image LS (specific image) is combined with the 3D icon 9Y to make the player visually recognize the logo sword form (specific form). It is a performance. Specifically, the 3D icon combination effect is an effect that may be executed after the pending promotion zone effect. By overlapping the disk portion LSa of the displayed logo sword image LS in the front-rear direction, the logo sword form as a stereoscopic view and a planar view is completed. By executing this 3D icon combination effect, it is suggested that the winning expectation is higher than the 3D icon 9Y whose display mode is changed by the pending promotion zone effect.

For example, as shown in FIG. 42(A), after execution of the pending promotion zone effect, the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y is displayed at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction. It is assumed that At this time, the logo sword image LS moves downward on the display screen 7a. Then, a combination fan effect is executed to fan whether or not the disk portion LSa of the logo sword image LS will stop in the display area 17x. In other words, the combined fan effect is to make the player expect that the disk portion LSa of the logo sword image LS, which is planarly visible to the player, overlaps with the 3D icon 9Y, which is stereoscopically visible to the player, in the front-rear direction. This is an effect that makes one expect that the combination effect will be executed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 42(B), when the 3D icon combination effect is executed (successful), the logo sword image is displayed so that the disk portion LSa of the logo sword image LS stops at the display area 17x. The image LS stops on the display screen 7a. As a result, the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y and the logo sword image LS allow the player to see the logo sword form as a stereoscopic view and a planar view. In this way, by using the 3D icon 9Y to complete a new stereoscopic and two-dimensional logo sword form, it is possible to show the player a novel effect that the expectation of winning a big win is further increased. is.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 42(C), when the 3D icon combination effect is not executed (failed), the disk portion LSa of the logo sword image LS does not stop in the display area 17x and the logo sword image is displayed. LS moves so as to disappear downward from the display screen 7a. Therefore, unlike the above-described 3D icon combination effect, the logo sword form as a stereoscopic view and a planar view is not completed. In this way, the player is made aware that the expectation of winning the jackpot does not necessarily increase.

FIG. 58 shows the winning expectation when the 3D icon combination effect is executed. There are three patterns when the 3D icon combination effect is executed. That is, as described above, there is a pattern in which the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y and the logo sword image LS show the logo sword form (3D red logo sword) as a stereoscopic view and a planar view. Winning expectation is 70% (see FIG. 58). In addition, there is a pattern that shows a logo sword form (3D green logo sword) as a stereoscopic view and a planar view by the green disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y and the logo sword image LS. % (see FIG. 58). In addition, there is a pattern that shows a logo sword form (3D blue logo sword) as a stereoscopic view and a planar view by the blue disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y and the logo sword image LS. % (see FIG. 58).

In this way, in this embodiment, among the 3D icons 9Y, the probability of winning the blue disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y is low (30%), so the blue disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y is displayed in the pending promotion zone effect. A player who sees the icon 9Y is a little disappointed. However, with the subsequent 3D icon combination effect, it is possible to expect a higher winning expectation than the blue disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y. On the other hand, among the 3D icons 9Y, the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y has a high winning expectation (50%). A player who sees 9Y is greatly pleased. On top of that, it is possible to expect that the degree of winning expectation will be higher than that of the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y by the subsequent 3D icon combination effect.

10. Operation Timing Notice Effect Next, the operation timing notice effect will be described. The operation timing advance notice effect is an operation effect in which a notice effect is executed by operating the effect button 63 (operation means). However, in the operation timing advance notice effect of this embodiment, unlike the conventional operation effect, the type of notice effect that can be executed differs depending on the operation timing of the effect button 63 . Further, the operation timing effect of this embodiment is executed as a pre-reading forewarning effect.

When the operation timing advance notice effect is executed, the display mode of the pending icon 9 becomes a button display mode imitating the shape of the effect button 63 (see FIG. 43(B)). In the following description, the hold icon 9, which is the button display mode, will be referred to as "button hold icon 9Z". The button pending icon 9Z can be said to be a pending icon prompting the player to press the effect button 63 .

In this embodiment, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c (first display area), that is, judgment information such as a jackpot random number (specific When the player presses the production button 63 before the jackpot determination process is executed (before the change is executed) and before 3 changes are made, based on the pressing operation 2D icon forewarning effect can be executed. However, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c, even if the player presses the effect button 63, a notice effect other than the 2D icon notice effect is executed based on the pressing operation. will not be The period during which the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c corresponds to the "first operation period".

On the other hand, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c, it is assumed that the player did not press the effect button 63. FIG. In this case, at the timing when the variable display of the special symbol is stopped and the variable display of the next special symbol is started, the button suspension icon 9Z is shifted from the third suspension display area 17c to the second suspension display area 17b. do. Then, when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the second suspension display area 17b (second display area), that is, the jackpot determination is performed with respect to the determination information such as the jackpot random number that is the target of the operation timing announcement effect. Before the process is executed, if the player presses the effect button 63 in the case of two changes before, the logo sword flying effect is executed based on the pressing operation. However, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b, even if the player presses the effect button 63, the advance notice effect other than the flying logo sword effect is executed based on the pressing operation. will not be The period during which the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b corresponds to the "second operation period".

On the other hand, it is assumed that the player did not press the effect button 63 when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b. In this case, at the timing when the variable display of the special symbol is stopped and the variable display of the next special symbol is started, the button suspension icon 9Z is shifted from the second suspension display area 17b to the first suspension display area 17a. do. Then, when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the first suspension display area 17a, that is, before the jackpot determination process is executed for the determination information such as the jackpot random number that is the target of the operation timing announcement effect. , one variation before, when the player presses the effect button 63, a one-shot announcement effect can be executed based on the pressing operation. The one-shot announcement effect is a notice effect for letting the player know that the winning of the jackpot is confirmed, and the one-shot notice effect based on the operation timing notice effect will be described later. However, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the first pending display area 17a, even if the player presses the effect button 63, the announcement effect other than the one-shot announcement effect is executed based on the pressing operation. will not be

In this embodiment, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the first pending display area 17a, if the player does not press the effect button 63, the operation timing notice effect is terminated. That is, when the button pending icon 9Z is about to shift from the first pending display area 17a to the display area 17x, the white disk-shaped icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x. Therefore, after the big win determination processing is executed for the determination information such as the big win random number which is the object of the operation timing notice effect, the button pending icon 9Z is no longer displayed, and the operation timing effect is completed. Become.

Next, based on FIGS. 43 to 46, the operation timing advance notice effect will be described in detail. As a precondition, it is assumed that the normal game state and the number of the first special figure reservation are three. That is, as shown in FIG. 43A, the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, and the pending icon 9 is displayed in the first pending display area 17a, the second pending display area 17b, and the third pending display area. It is assumed that the production pattern 8 is being variably displayed on the display screen 7a while being displayed on the screen 17c.

Then, when the game ball flowing down the game area 3 enters the first start port 20, the fourth first special figure reservation (stored in the fourth storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a It is assumed that the operation timing announcement effect is executed for the special figure 1 related random number). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 43(B), the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the fourth suspension display area 17d. In addition, in order to make it easy to understand that the operation timing advance notice effect has been started, the display screen 7a displays an operation notice image SG showing characters of "Determine the notice effect at the timing of button operation!".

However, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 43(B), when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the fourth pending display area 17d, even if the player presses the production button 63, No advance notice effect is executed based on the pressing operation. This is because even if the button reservation icon 9Z is displayed in the fourth reservation display area 17d, if the advance notice effect can be executed based on the pressing operation to the effect button 63, the special figure reservation ball number is 4 This is because the shortening variation function works when there is one piece, and the player is excessively rushed to press the effect button 63 . Therefore, as described above, only when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the third suspension display area 17c, the second suspension display area 17b, and the first suspension display area 17a, the advance notice effect is generated based on the player's operation. is running.

After the operation notification image SG shown in FIG. 43(B) is displayed, when the special symbol that is being displayed in a variable manner is stopped and displayed, the effect symbol 8 is "782" on the display screen 7a as shown in FIG. 43(C). stop display in a failing manner. At this time, the auxiliary symbol 6 is stopped and displayed in a losing mode of "394" in the upper right portion (auxiliary symbol display area) of the display screen 7a. Then, with the end of the stop display of the special symbol (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the icon 9 disappears from the first reserved display area 17a. The pending icon 9 displayed up to the third pending display area 17c shifts, and the button pending icon 9Z displayed in the fourth pending display area 17d shifts.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 44(A), the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, the pending icon 9 is displayed in the first pending display area 17a and the second pending display area 17b, and the third A button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the pending display area 17c. Also, at this time, a hold 3 notice content image HN3 indicating "Hold change when pressed at hold 3?" is displayed in the upper part of the display screen 7a. The hold 3 notice content image HN3 suggests the notice effect to be executed based on the pressing operation of the effect button 63 when the button hold icon 9Z is displayed in the third hold display area 17c. With this hold 3 notice content image H3, the player is informed that the 2D icon notice effect can be executed by pressing the effect button 63 when the button hold icon 9Z is displayed in the third hold display area 17c. It is possible to comprehend.

Then, when the effect button 63 is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 44A, the process branches to the case where the 2D icon advance notice effect is executed or the 2D icon advance notice effect is not executed. For example, as shown in FIG. 44(B-1), when the 2D icon advance notice effect is executed, the button suspension icon 9Z displayed in the third suspension display area 17c is changed to a red disk-shaped suspension icon. Change to icon 9. As a result, the 2D icon forewarning effect is executed based on the pressing operation, and it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration due to the increased expectation for winning. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 44(B-2), when the 2D icon advance notice effect is not executed, the button suspension icon 9Z displayed in the third suspension display area 17c changes to a white disc shape (default ) to the pending icon 9 . This makes the player understand that the 2D icon advance notice effect will not be executed even if the pressing operation is performed, and disappoints the player. In the example shown in FIG. 44(B-2), as the 2D icon preview effect, the case where the button pending icon 9Z changes to a red disk shape has been described, but the button pending icon 9Z changes to a blue or green disk shape. It is possible to do so.

Here, it is assumed that the player does not press the effect button 63 while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c. Then, it is assumed that the special symbol during the variable display is stopped and displayed, and the performance symbol 8 is stopped and displayed in the lost mode on the display screen 7a. In this case, with the end of the stop display of the special symbol (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a Also, the pending icon 9 displayed in the second pending display area 17b shifts, and the button pending icon 9Z displayed in the third pending display area 17c shifts.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 45(A), the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, the hold icon 9 is displayed in the first hold display area 17a, and the button hold is displayed in the second hold display area 17b. Icon 9Z is displayed. Also, at this time, a Hold 2 notice content image HN2 indicating "Press Hold 2 to hold logo sword?" is displayed in the upper part of the display screen 7a. The hold 2 notice content image HN2 suggests a notice effect to be executed based on the pressing operation of the effect button 63 when the button hold icon 9Z is displayed in the second hold display area 17b. With this suspension 2 notice content image HN2, the player is informed that the logo sword suspension performance can be executed by pressing the effect button 63 when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the second suspension display area 17b. It is possible to comprehend.

Then, when the effect button 63 is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 45(A), as shown in FIG. It changes to the disk-shaped (default) holding icon 9, and the logo sword flying effect is executed. In the flying logo sword production, a logo sword image LT that imitates the form of the logo sword role 300 is displayed as a pending icon 9 (in the second pending display area 17b This is an effect to arouse whether or not the displayed pending icon 9) is stuck. As shown in FIG. 45(B), in the flying logo sword effect, the logo sword image LT is displayed from the upper left part of the display screen 7a toward the pending icon 9 displayed in the second pending display area 17b. It is designed to move.

In this way, after the logo sword flying production, the process branches when the logo sword holding production is executed or when the logo sword holding production is not executed. As shown in FIG. 45(C-1), when the logo sword pending effect is executed, the logo sword image LT is displayed so as to pierce the pending icon 9 displayed in the second pending display area 17b. Stop. As a result, the second reserved display area 17b displays the logo sword pending image LU indicating that the logo sword is stabbed in a disk shape. The probability of winning is 50%, as shown in FIG. In this way, the logo sword holding effect is executed based on the pressing operation, and it is possible to give the player a sense of exhilaration due to the extremely high expectation of winning. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 45(B-2), when the logo sword pending effect is not executed, the logo sword image LT is displayed for the pending icon 9 displayed in the second pending display area 17b. It passes by without being stabbed. As a result, the player is discouraged by knowing that the logo sword holding effect is not executed even if the pressing operation is performed.

Here, it is assumed that the player does not press the production button 63 while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b. Then, it is assumed that the special symbol during the variable display is stopped and displayed, and the performance symbol 8 is stopped and displayed in the lost mode on the display screen 7a. In this case, with the end of the stop display of the special symbol (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a is shifted, and the button pending icon 9Z displayed in the second pending display area 17b is also shifted.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 46A, the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, and the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the first pending display area 17a. Also, at this time, a hold 1 notice content image HN1 indicating "One-shot notice when pressed at hold 1?" is displayed in the upper part of the display screen 7a. The hold 1 notice content image HN1 suggests a notice effect to be executed based on the pressing operation of the effect button 63 when the button hold icon 9Z is displayed in the first hold display area 17a. The hold 1 notice content image HN1 informs the player that the one-shot notice effect can be executed by pressing the effect button 63 when the button hold icon 9Z is displayed in the second hold display area 17b. It is possible to comprehend.

When the effect button 63 is pressed in the state shown in FIG. 46A, the process branches to the case where the one-shot notification effect is executed or the one-shot notification effect is not executed. As shown in FIG. 46(B-1), when the one-shot announcement effect is executed, a one-shot announcement cut-in showing the transformed main character ("logo") of the pachinko game machine 1 is displayed on the display screen 7a. The image KI is displayed, and a one-shot announcement sound "Queen" is output from the speaker 67 . Also, at this time, the button pending icon 9Z displayed in the first pending display area 17a changes to the pending icon 9 having a white disc shape (default). Note that the one-shot announcement cut-in image KI is an image that is displayed by interrupting the display screen 7a for a very short period of time. With this one-shot notification cut-in image KI and one-shot notification sound, a one-shot notification effect based on the pressing operation is executed to give the player a great sense of exhilaration as the winning of the jackpot is confirmed. It is possible. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 46(B-2), when the one-shot notification effect is not executed, the button suspension icon 9Z displayed in the first suspension display area 17a changes to a white disc shape (default ), and there is no other change in the effect being executed. As a result, the player is discouraged by knowing that the one-shot notification performance will not be executed even if the pressing operation is performed.

Here, in this embodiment, when the production button 63 is pressed while the button reservation icon 9Z is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a, the first special figure reservation (first special figure reservation If the special figure 1 related random number) stored in the first storage area of the storage unit 85a indicates the winning of the jackpot, the one-shot notification effect will be executed with a probability of 50% (distribution). It has become. In other words, the first special figure reservation indicates the winning of the jackpot, and when the button reservation icon 9Z is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a, the production button 63 is pressed. However, the one-shot notification effect is not executed with a probability of 50%. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 46 (B-2), even if the one-shot announcement effect is not executed, at the time of the next special symbol fluctuation display (special figure 1 that is the target of the operation timing announcement effect) When the special symbols are displayed in a variable manner with respect to the related random numbers), there is a possibility that winning the jackpot will be indicated. Therefore, even a player who understands that the one-shot notification effect will not be executed by the pressing operation can be made to expect a big win. In addition, instead of the above-described production example, if the first special figure reservation indicates winning to the jackpot when the button reservation icon 9Z is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a, 100% The one-shot notification effect may be executed with a probability (distribution) of , and the value of the above-described probability can be changed as appropriate.

Thus, in this embodiment, when the operation timing notice effect is executed, the player presses the effect button 63 while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c (FIG. 44 (A )), the performance button 63 is pressed when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b (see FIG. 45A), or the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the first pending display area 17a. 46(A)). Then, when the execution of the 2D icon advance notice effect is expected, the effect button 63 is pressed while the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the third suspension display area 17c. Further, when expecting execution of the logo sword pending effect, the effect button 63 is pressed when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b. Further, when the one-shot notification effect is expected to be executed, the effect button 63 is pressed when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the first suspension display area 17a. As described above, in the operation timing advance notice effect, the player can select the type of advance notice effect that suits his/her preference by considering at what timing the effect button 63 is to be pressed. It is possible to increase the interest of

Further, in this embodiment, among the notice effects that can be executed by the operation timing notice effects, the 2D icon notice effect, the logo sword suspension effect, and the one-shot notice effect are all pre-reading notice effects. Therefore, the player can enjoy a novel operation effect of selecting the type of prefetch effect that can be executed at the timing of pressing the effect button 63 (hereinafter referred to as "button operation" as appropriate). In this embodiment, the suspension display areas 17a to 17c in which the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed are linked one-to-one with the type of pre-reading preview effect that can be executed. Therefore, it is possible to make it easy for the player to grasp the relationship of which pre-reading announcement effect will be executed by pressing the effect button 63 at the timing from when to when. Since the button pending icon 9Z imitates the form of the performance button 63, at what timing the performance button 63 is pressed while the button pending icon 9Z is shifting in the pending display areas 17a to 17c. It is possible to entertain the game nature of.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the operation timing notice effect, if the button is operated while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third hold display area 17c, the winning expectation of the 2D icon notice effect that can be executed is 2. %, 10%, and 35% (see FIG. 58). Further, when the button is operated while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b, the winning expectation of the logo sword pending effect that can be executed is 50% (see FIG. 58). Further, when the button operation is performed while the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the first suspension display area 17a, the winning expectation of the one-shot notification effect that can be executed is 100% (the winning of the jackpot is 100%). confirmed). Therefore, each time the button suspension icon 9Z shifts in the order of the third suspension display area 17c, the second suspension display area 17b, and the first suspension display area 17a, in other words, the winning expectation can be executed.

On the other hand, in the operation timing announcement effect, the announcement effect is difficult to execute (appearance rate is low) in the order of 2D icon announcement effect→logo sword hold effect→one-shot announcement effect. Therefore, every time the button suspension icon 9Z shifts in the order of the third suspension display area 17c, the second suspension display area 17b, and the first suspension display area 17a, in other words, every time the time elapses, the effect button 63 is pressed, it becomes difficult to execute the announcement effect itself (execution frequency becomes low).

As described above, when the player expects a notice effect (2D icon notice effect) with a low winning expectation but a high execution frequency among the notice effects executed in the operation timing notice effect, the player can press the effect button at an early timing. Press 63. On the other hand, in the case of expecting an announcement effect (one-shot announcement effect) with a high winning expectation (accurate) but with a low execution frequency, the effect button 63 is pressed at a late timing. In this way, in the operation timing advance notice effect, it is possible to provide novel interest in making the user think about the operation timing of the effect button 63, taking into account the balance between the degree of winning expectation and the execution frequency of the notice effect that can be executed. .

Here, in the above-described production example, the case where the operation timing announcement production is executed when the fourth first special figure reservation has occurred has been described (see FIGS. 43 to 46). However, when the operation timing notice effect is executed when the third first special figure reservation occurs, when the operation timing notice effect is executed when the second first special figure reservation occurs, Since it is the same as when the operation timing announcement effect is executed when the first special figure reservation occurs, detailed description will be omitted. In addition, when the operation timing announcement effect is executed when the third, second, and first first special figure suspension occurs, the operation announcement image SG shown in FIG. After being displayed for (for example, 3 seconds), the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the pending display area corresponding to the first special figure pending that triggered the execution of the operation timing announcement effect.

11. Advantageous Icon Appearance Effect and Appearance Standby Effect Next, the advantageous icon appearance effect and the appearance standby effect will be described. The advantageous icon appearance effect is an effect in which an advantageous icon (preliminary advantageous image) indicating in advance which advance notice effect or ready-to-win effect (advantageous effect) is to be executed appears. The types of advantageous icons will be described later with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, before the advantageous icon appearance effect is executed, an appearance waiting effect indicating waiting for the appearance of the advantageous icon is executed. In other words, if the appearance standby effect is executed, then the advantageous icon appearance effect is executed.

First, the appearance waiting effect will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 47(A), the appearance standby effect is a suspended icon 9 displayed in the suspended display areas 17a to 17d, which is a suspended icon with the characters "always return" attached to the door shape that can be opened and closed. 9 (hereinafter referred to as "always return icon 9A"), or as shown in FIG. This is an effect of displaying an icon 9 (referred to as "icon 9B that does not return to SP"). This appearance standby effect (effect of displaying the icon 9A that always returns or the icon 9B that does not return to SP) is executed as a pre-reading preview effect.

The definitely return icon 9A (normal preliminary standby image) is an advantageous icon selected from predetermined advantageous icon types when the big win determination process is executed for the determination information corresponding to the always return icon 9A. It indicates in advance that it will be displayed. Specifically, when the Always Return icon 9A is displayed, as shown in FIG. , SP icon 9c indicating the characters "SP", LOGOSP icon 9d indicating the characters "LOGOSP", full rotation icon 9e indicating the awakened logo form and the characters "full rotation", the face form of the logo and "FOL , and a LOGO sword icon 9g showing the form of a logo sword and the characters "LOGO sword". If the return icon 9A is always displayed, one of the advantageous icons 9a to 9f always appears.

The pseudo-2 icon 9a suggests that the pseudo-continuation effect of two pseudo-continuations will be executed. Here, the pseudo-continuous effect (pseudo-continuous advance notice effect) is an effect in which the effect pattern 8 is displayed (started) over a plurality of times during the variable display of the special symbol once. It is suggested that the greater the number of times of fluctuation display of , the higher the expectation of winning the jackpot. Therefore, in the pseudo-continuous effect (advantageous effect) of the pseudo-continuous two times, the effect symbol 8 is variably displayed over two times during the variable display of the special symbol once, and during the variable display of the special symbol once. This suggests that the expectation of winning a big win is higher than in the case of no pseudo-continuation in which the effect pattern 8 is displayed only once. As shown in FIG. 59, the probability of winning the pseudo-continue performance of two pseudo-continues is 5%.

The pseudo 3 icon 9b suggests that a pseudo-continuation effect of 3 pseudo-continuations will be executed. Therefore, in the pseudo-continuous performance (advantageous performance) of three pseudo-runs, the performance symbol 8 is variably displayed three times during the variable display of one special symbol. This suggests that the expectation of winning the jackpot is higher than in the case of the times. As shown in FIG. 59, the probability of winning the pseudo-continuous three-time pseudo-continuous performance is 15%. In addition, in this embodiment, during the variable display of one special symbol, after developing into SP reach, the performance symbol 8 does not perform variable display (re-variation display) based on the pseudo-continuous performance.

The SP icon 9c suggests developing into SP reach. That is, the SP icon 9c suggests that the SP ready-to-win effect (advantageous effect) will be executed through the ready-to-win game. In this embodiment, the SP reach effects include a 2D SP reach effect and a logo SP reach effect. The 2DSP reach effect (advantageous effect) will be described in detail later, but the two-headed, two-dimensional main character performs a mission, and depending on whether or not the mission is successful, it is suggested that the jackpot will be won or lost. It is a performance to do. As shown in FIG. 60, the winning expectation of the 2DSP ready-to-win effect is 15%. The SP icon 9c of the present embodiment suggests that the SP ready-to-win effect is executed, but does not suggest which of the 2DSP ready-to-win effect and the logo SP ready-to-win effect is to be executed.

The LOGOSP icon 9d suggests that the logo SP ready-to-win effect will be executed. The logo SP reach effect (advantageous effect) will be described in detail later, but the transformed three-dimensional main character ("logo") battles with the enemy character, and depending on whether the battle is won or not, winning the jackpot Or it is a production that suggests that it is a failure. The logo SP ready-to-win effect suggests that the expectation of winning a big win is higher than the 2DSP ready-to-win effect, and as shown in FIG. 60, the winning expectation of the logo SP ready-to-win effect is 35%.

The full-rotation icon 9e suggests that the full-rotation ready-to-win effect is executed. In the all-rotation reach effect (advantageous effect), the left effect pattern 8L, the middle effect pattern 8C, and the right effect pattern 8R are the effect patterns showing the same numbers, and are arranged in a horizontal row at a constant speed. After performing the variable display, it is an effect of stopping and displaying in a jackpot mode, which is double eyes. Therefore, the all-rotation ready-to-win effect is a effect in which the winning of the jackpot is confirmed. In other words, as shown in FIG. 60, the winning expectation of the all-rotation ready-to-win effect is 100%.

The FOL icon 9f suggests that the board movable body driving effect will be executed. The board movable body driving performance (advantageous performance) is a performance in which the board movable body 15 is driven from the standby position shown in FIG. 4(A) to the operating position shown in FIG. 4(B). It functions as a chance-up notice effect that suggests that the expectation of winning is high. As shown in FIG. 61, when the board movable body driving effect is executed during the execution of the 2DSP ready-to-win effect, the winning expectation becomes 25% (15%⇒25%). Further, when the board movable body driving effect is executed while the logo SP ready-to-win effect is being executed, the winning expectation becomes 45% (35%→45%).

The LOGO sword icon 9g suggests that the logo sword role product operation promoting effect will be executed. The logo sword role promotion effect (advantageous effect) will be described in detail later. This is an effect that encourages a push-in operation, and functions as a chance-up notice effect that suggests that the expectation of winning a big win increases with respect to the effect being executed. This logo sword role item operation promoting effect is executed at a win-lose branch timing suggesting that the jackpot is won or lost. As shown in FIG. 61, when the logo sword function promotion effect is executed during the execution of the 2DSP ready-to-win effect, the winning expectation becomes 35% (15%→35%). Further, when the logo sword accessory operation promoting effect is executed while the logo SP ready-to-win effect is being executed, the winning expectation becomes 55% (35%→55%).

Next, the icon 9B that does not return to SP will be described. The icon 9B that does not return to the SP (special pre-standby image) is one of predetermined advantageous icon types when the big win determination process is executed for the determination information corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP. This indicates in advance that the advantageous icon for Specifically, when the icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed, as shown in FIG. One of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g will appear from among the PFOL icon 9h indicating characters and the LOGO sword icon 9g indicating the form of a logo sword and the characters "LOGO sword". If the back icon 9A is always displayed, one of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g always appears.

The full rotation icon 9e (see FIG. 47(B)) is the same as the full rotation icon 9e (see FIG. 47(A)) that always appears after the back icon 9A is displayed, as described above, so a description will be given. omitted.

The PFOL icon 9h suggests that the frame movable body driving effect will be executed. The frame movable body drive performance (advantageous performance) is a performance in which the board movable body 15 is driven from the retracted position shown in FIG. 2(A) to the projecting position shown in FIG. It functions as a chance-up notice effect that suggests that the expectation of winning is high. As shown in FIG. 61, when the frame movable body driving effect is executed during execution of the 2DSP ready-to-win effect, the winning expectation is 35% (15%→35%). Further, when the board movable body driving effect is executed while the logo SP ready-to-win effect is being executed, the winning expectation becomes 55% (35%→55%).

The LOGO sword icon 9g (see FIG. 47(B)) is the same as the LOGO sword icon 9g (see FIG. 47(A)) that always appears after the back icon 9A is displayed, as described above, so a description will be given. omitted.

Next, the type of advantageous icon that appears after the always returning icon 9A is displayed (hereinafter referred to as "first advantageous icon group A1" (see FIG. 47A)), and the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed. The difference from the types of advantageous icons that appear (hereinafter referred to as "second advantageous icon group A2" (see FIG. 47B)) will be described.

First, each advantageous icon included in the first advantageous icon group A1 shown in FIG. 47(A) will be further described. The pseudo 2 icon 9a suggests in advance that a pseudo-continuous effect (normally advantageous effect) will be executed twice in a pseudo-continuous manner. It is displayed in the production section before the start, the first production section). Further, the pseudo 3 icon 9b indicates in advance the execution of the pseudo-continuous three-time pseudo-continuous effect (normal advantageous effect), and in the present embodiment, it is displayed in the pre-SP reach interval. Moreover, since the SP icon 9c suggests the execution of the SP ready-to-win effect in advance, it is displayed in the pre-SP ready-to-win section. Further, since the LOGOSP icon 9d suggests execution of the SP ready-to-win effect in advance, it is displayed in the pre-SP ready-to-win section. In addition, the full rotation icon 9e suggests the execution of the full rotation reach effect in advance. , second effect section). The FOL icon 9f suggests execution of the board movable body driving effect in advance, and is displayed in the post-SP reach section in this embodiment. Further, the LOGO sword icon 9g indicates in advance that the logo sword operation prompting effect is to be executed, and is displayed in the post-SP reach section in this embodiment. Note that the SP reach production corresponds to the "development production".

Next, each advantageous icon included in the second advantageous icon group A2 shown in FIG. 47(B) will be further described. The full-rotation icon 9e suggests execution of the full-rotation ready-to-win effect in advance, and is displayed in the post-SP ready-to-win section in this embodiment. The PFOL icon 9h suggests execution of the frame movable body driving effect in advance, and is displayed in the post-SP reach section in this embodiment. Further, the LOGO sword icon 9g indicates in advance that the logo sword operation prompting effect is to be executed, and is displayed in the post-SP reach section in this embodiment.

As described above, the first advantageous icon group A1 includes advantageous icons displayed in either the pre-SP reachable section or the post-SP reachable section. Therefore, when the always return icon 9A is displayed, any of the advantageous icons 9a to 9g in the first advantageous icon group A1 is displayed in the pre-SP reach section during the change corresponding to the always return icon 9A. , or appears in any of the SP reach post-interval.

On the other hand, the second advantageous icon group A2 does not include advantageous icons displayed in the pre-SP reachable section, but includes advantageous icons displayed only in the post-SP reachable section. Therefore, when an icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, any of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g in the second advantageous icon group A2 is displayed during the change corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP. Appears in the post-SP reach section.

As described above, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, the change corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP always develops into the SP ready-to-win effect. Then, one of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g appears during execution of the SP ready-to-win effect. On the other hand, when the always return icon 9A is displayed, it is not guaranteed that the change corresponding to the always return icon 9A will develop into the SP ready-to-win effect. Therefore, one of the advantageous icons 9a to 9f appears in the pre-SP reach section or the post-SP reach section. In this way, the icon 9B that does not return to the SP guarantees the execution of the SP reach effect, and in the section after the SP reach, one of the full rotation reach effect, the frame movable body drive effect, and the logo sword function promotion effect is more advantageous than the always back icon 9A in that it guarantees the execution of .

Next, based on FIGS. 48 to 51, an example of advantageous icon appearance effect when the always return icon 9A is displayed will be described. As a precondition, it is assumed that it is in a normal game state and that the number of the first special figure reservation is one. That is, as shown in FIG. 48A, the effect pattern 8 is displayed while the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x and the reserved icon 9 is displayed in the first reserved display area 17a. It is assumed that the variable display is performed on the screen 7a.

Then, when the game ball flowing down the game area 3 enters the first start port 20, the second first special figure reservation (stored in the second storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a It is assumed that the appearance standby effect of displaying the return icon 9A is always executed for the special figure 1 related random number). In this case, as shown in FIG. 48(B), a closed door icon DR indicating the shape of the closed door is displayed in the second reservation display area 17b, and the main character and "Return without fail" are displayed on the display screen 7a. , and a cut-in image KJ that always returns is displayed. The cut-in image KJ that always returns is an image that is displayed interrupting the display screen 7a for a very short period of time. The always-return cut-in image KJ allows the player to understand that the always-return icon 9A will be displayed immediately thereafter.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 48(C), the always return cut-in image KJ displayed on the display screen 7a disappears, and the always return icon 9A is displayed in the second reserved display area 17b. In the pachinko machine 1, the always-return cut-in image KJ and the always-return icon 9A are shown in FIG. 47 (A ) means that the player always returns with one of the advantageous icons from the first advantageous icon group A1 shown in FIG.

After the always return icon 9A shown in FIG. 48(C) is displayed, the special symbols in the variable display are stopped and the effect symbols 8 are stopped and displayed on the display screen 7a in a failing manner. As a result, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a. The reserved icon 9 displayed in , shifts, and the must-return icon 9A displayed in the second reserved display area 17b shifts. Thus, as shown in FIG. 48(D), the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, and the always return icon 9A is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a. .

Subsequently, it is assumed that the special symbol during variable display is stopped and displayed, and the effect symbol 8 is stopped and displayed on the display screen 7a in a lost manner. As a result, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a. The definitely return icon 9A displayed by is shifted. However, when the always return icon 9A is about to shift to the display area 17x, the door is opened in the always return icon 9A, and the characters "always return" are sucked into the opened door. Then, as shown in FIG. 49(A), an open door icon DS indicating the shape of an open door is displayed in the display area 17x, and the always return icon 9A starts to change. In this embodiment, the open door icon DS continues to be displayed in the display area 17x until it is suggested that the jackpot has been won or lost.

After that, when the execution timing of the advantageous icon appearance effect approaches, as shown in FIG. 49(B), the open door icon DS and the countdown icon 9C indicating the countdown number "3" are displayed in the display area 17x. Is displayed. The countdown icon 9C indicates by countdown the timing until the advantageous icon appearance effect is executed. go. In this way, the countdown icon 9C makes it possible to increase the expectation of which advantageous icon will appear and to indicate to the player in an easy-to-understand manner the timing at which the advantageous icon will be displayed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 49(C), when it comes time to execute the advantageous icon appearance effect, the open door icon DS and the pseudo 2 icon 9a are displayed in the display area 17x. This makes it possible for the player to have the impression that the pseudo-2 icon 9a has appeared from the door, and to grasp that the pseudo-continuous effect will be executed twice. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 49(D), the pseudo 2 icon 9a disappears and only the open door icon DS is displayed in the display area 17x. In this way, in this embodiment, the advantageous icons displayed in the advantageous icon appearance effect (pseudo 2 icon 9a shown in FIG. 49(C), LOGO sword icon 9g shown in FIG. 54, etc.) disappear after a while after appearing. , and will never appear again. However, as a modified example, the advantageous icon displayed in the advantageous icon appearance effect may continue to be displayed.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 50(A), the left effect symbol 8L indicating "3", the middle effect symbol 8C indicating "continue", and the right effect symbol 8R indicating "7" are slightly swung. Temporary stop is displayed in the state of Then, as shown in FIG. 50(B), the re-variation display of the production pattern 8 is started without stopping the production pattern 8 definitely. In this way, two pseudo-continuous effects are executed based on the appearance of the pseudo-2 icon 9a. After that, as shown in FIG. 50(C), a temporary stop display is performed in a ready-to-win state in which the production pattern 8 indicates "4↓4". Then, as shown in FIG. 50(D), the display screen 7a develops into a 2DSP ready-to-win effect, and a two-headed mini-character image MI, which is a two-dimensional main character, is displayed on the display screen 7a.

Next, in the 2DSP ready-to-win effect, as shown in FIG. 51(A), a mission image MS showing a mission as to whether or not the main character can cut through the effect pattern showing "3" is displayed on the display screen 7a. be. After that, as shown in FIG. 51(B), a failure image FA indicating that the main character has failed the mission is displayed on the display screen 7a. In this way, when the failure image FA suggests a failure, the closed door icon DR is displayed instead of the open door icon DS in the display area 17x. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 51(C), on the display screen 7a, the effect symbol 8 is definitely stop-displayed in a reach-losing mode indicating "434", and the auxiliary symbol 6 is displayed on the upper right part of the display screen 7a. Stop display at "192". As described above, in this production example, the player sees the pseudo 2 icon 9a in the advantageous icon appearance production, but understands that the result of the big win determination is a loss.

It should be noted that, unlike the production example described above, when the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot, a success image (not shown) indicating that the main character has succeeded in the mission is displayed on the display screen at the timing shown in FIG. 51(B). 7a. Then, at the timing shown in FIG. 51(C), the display screen 7a definitely stops and displays the effect symbol 8 indicating "444" in the jackpot mode.

Next, based on FIGS. 52 to 56, an example of the advantageous icon appearance effect when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed will be described. As a prerequisite, it is assumed that it is in a normal game state and that the number of the first special figure reservation is one. That is, as shown in FIG. 52(A), the effect pattern 8 is displayed while the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x and the reserved icon 9 is displayed in the first reserved display area 17a. It is assumed that the variable display is performed on the screen 7a.

Then, when the game ball flowing down the game area 3 enters the first start port 20, the second first special figure reservation (stored in the second storage area of the first special figure reservation storage unit 85a It is assumed that an appearance standby effect for displaying an icon 9B that does not return to SP is executed for special figure 1 related random numbers). In this case, as shown in FIG. 52(B), a closed door icon DR indicating the shape of the closed door is displayed in the second reservation display area 17b, and the display screen 7a displays the main character and "Until SP". "Cut-in image KK that does not return to SP" is displayed. The cut-in image KK that does not return to SP is an image that is displayed interrupting the display screen 7a for a very short period of time. The cut-in image KK that does not return to the SP allows the player to understand that the icon 9B that does not return to the SP will be displayed immediately after.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 52(C), the cut-in image KK that does not return to SP displayed on the display screen 7a disappears, and an icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed in the second reservation display area 17b. be done. In the pachinko machine 1, the cut-in image KK that does not return to the SP and the icon 9B that does not return to the SP are the changing SPs corresponding to the icon 9B in which the main character goes to the world behind the door and does not return to the SP. Until the ready-to-win effect is executed, do not return with any of the advantageous icons from the second advantageous icon group A2 shown in FIG. (2) to always bring back any advantageous icon from the second advantageous icon group A2 shown in FIG.

After the icon 9B that does not return to the SP shown in FIG. 52(C) is displayed, the special symbols in the variable display are stopped and the performance symbols 8 are stopped and displayed on the display screen 7a in a failing manner. As a result, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a. is shifted, and the icon 9B that does not return to the SP displayed in the second reservation display area 17b is also shifted. Thus, as shown in FIG. 52(D), the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, and the icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a.

Subsequently, it is assumed that the special symbol during variable display is stopped and displayed, and the effect symbol 8 is stopped and displayed on the display screen 7a in a lost manner. As a result, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x disappears, and the first reserved display area 17a. The icon 9B that does not return to the SP displayed by is shifted. However, when the icon 9B not returning to SP is about to shift to the display area 17x, the door is opened in the icon 9B not returning to SP, and the characters "not returning to SP" are drawn into the opened door. will be lost. Then, as shown in FIG. 53(A), an open door icon DS indicating the shape of the opened door is displayed in the display area 17x, and the change to the icon 9B that does not return to SP is started. .

After that, as shown in FIG. 53(B), a temporary stop display is performed in a ready-to-win state in which the production pattern 8 indicates "4↓4". Then, as shown in FIG. 53C, on the display screen 7a, a character transformation image HM showing that the main character swings his sword and transforms into a logo is displayed. The character transformation image HM is an image suggesting development to a logo SP ready-to-reach effect. In this way, when the logo SP ready-to-reach effect is developed, a battle first half image BA showing that the transformed main character (logo) and the enemy character start fighting is displayed on the display screen 7a, as shown in FIG. 53(D). be.

After that, during execution of the logo SP ready-to-win effect, when the execution timing of the advantageous icon appearance effect approaches, as shown in FIG. A countdown icon 9C indicating "3" is displayed. In the countdown icon 9C, as described above, the numbers indicated by the countdown change from "3" to "2" to "1" as time elapses.

Then, as shown in FIG. 54(B), when the execution timing of the advantageous icon appearance effect comes, the open door icon DS and the LOGO sword icon 9g are displayed in the display area 17x. This makes it possible for the player to have the impression that the LOGO sword icon 9g appears from the door, and to grasp that the logo sword operation promoting effect will be executed. After that, as shown in FIG. 54(C), in the display area 17x, the LOGO sword icon 9g disappears and only the open door icon DS is displayed. At this time, the display screen 7a displays a second half battle image BB showing that the transformed main character and the enemy character are glaring at each other.

Subsequently, when the win/lose branch timing that suggests either winning or losing the jackpot comes, as shown in FIG. Concretely, in the logo sword character operation promotion effect, the display screen 7a displays an operation promotion image SS showing a form simulating the logo sword character 300 and the characters "squeeze the sword". Thus, based on the appearance of the LOGO sword icon 9g, the logo sword accessory operation promoting effect is executed.

Then, when the player performs a pushing operation on the logo sword role object 300 from the normal position shown in FIG. 5A to the pushing position shown in FIG. ), a victory image WI is displayed on the display screen 7a to show that the transformed main character has won over the enemy character. In this way, when the winning image WI suggests that the jackpot has been won, the closed door icon DR is displayed instead of the open door icon DS in the display area 17x. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 55(B), on the display screen 7a, the production pattern 8 is definitely stopped and displayed in a jackpot mode indicating "777", and the auxiliary pattern 6 is displayed on the upper right part of the display screen 7a. Stop display at "777".

It should be noted that, unlike the production example described above, when the result of the jackpot determination is a jackpot, a defeat image (not shown) indicating that the main character has been defeated by the enemy character is displayed at the timing shown in FIG. 55(A). displayed on the screen 7a. Then, at the timing shown in FIG. 55(B), the display screen 7a definitely stops and displays the effect pattern 8 in the ready-to-lose state indicating "767".

By the way, conventionally, there is a case where an advance icon is displayed to indicate in advance that an advantageous effect such as an advance notice effect suggesting the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot will be executed. Then, before displaying this pre-icon, a wait icon may be displayed to make the user expect which kind of pre-icon will be displayed. In short, in the conventional game machine, after the standby icon is displayed, at a certain timing, there is an effect of displaying a preliminary icon indicating that a certain advantageous effect will be executed in advance. However, in the case of this effect, the pre-icon may be displayed immediately after the standby icon is displayed (at an early timing after the standby icon is displayed). In that case, the player will know the advantageous effect to be executed immediately after the standby icon is displayed, and the game interest that makes the player expect what kind of advantageous effect will be executed will be lost.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed in the appearance standby effect, the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed to the player until the SP reaching pre-reach section. It is possible to make the user expect which of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g will appear while providing a sense of security. In other words, if the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g will not be displayed immediately after that, and the player will see an advantageous icon ( It is possible to stir the expectation of which advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g will appear from the second advantageous icon group A2) for a long time (until the SP ready-to-win effect is started).

Further, in the present embodiment, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed in the appearance standby effect, the advantage icon is not displayed until the SP reachable section. On the other hand, when the always return icon 9A is displayed in the appearance waiting effect, the advantage icon is displayed in either the pre-SP reachable section or the post-SP reachable section. In this way, there are two types of icons, ie, the icon 9B that does not return to SP and the icon 9A that always returns to SP. It is easy for the user to know whether or not the icon will be displayed at a later time, and it is possible to further arouse the sense of anticipation until the advantageous icon appears.

Further, in this embodiment, when the return icon 9A is always displayed in the appearance waiting effect, the pseudo 2 icon 9a or the pseudo 3 icon 9b may be displayed. Then, when the pseudo-continuous effect (normal advantageous effect) is executed twice based on the pseudo-2 icon 9a, the winning expectation is 5% (see FIG. 59). Further, when the pseudo-continuous effect (normal advantageous effect) is executed three times in the pseudo-continuous based on the pseudo-3 icon 9b, the winning expectation is 15% (see FIG. 59). On the other hand, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed in the appearance standby effect, any of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g from the second advantageous icon group A2 shown in FIG. 47(B) is displayed. is displayed. In this case, since any one of the all-rotation ready-to-win production (special advantageous production), frame movable body drive production (special advantageous production), and LOGO sword role object operation promotion production (special advantageous production) is executed, winning expectation is guaranteed to be 35% or more (see FIGS. 60 and 61). In this way, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, it is possible to make the player aware that the expectation of winning the jackpot is higher than when the icon 9A that always returns is displayed. In other words, the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP will not see the pseudo-2 icon 9a or the pseudo-3 icon 9b indicating the execution of the pseudo-continuous effect, and the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot will be higher than expected. It is possible to avoid the situation where it is not expensive.

In addition, in this embodiment, the appearance standby effect is executed as a pre-reading notice effect, and as shown in FIG. 52(C), the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed as a pending icon. In this case, when the big win determination process corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is executed, the advantageous icon will not be displayed in the pre-reach SP section. Then, in the post-SP reach section via the pre-SP reach section, the advantageous icon is displayed. In this way, the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP before the change strongly expects that the change will come sooner, the SP reachable section will come sooner, and an advantageous icon will be displayed. is possible.

Here, in the present embodiment, the return icon 9A may change to the icon 9B that does not return to SP. In the following, based on FIG. 56, an example of the presentation when the icon 9A that always returns to the SP is changed to the icon 9B that does not return to SP will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 56(A), the icon 9 is displayed in the display area 17x, the pending icon 9 is displayed in the first pending display area 17a, and the second pending display area 17b It is assumed that the return icon 9A is always displayed. Then, as shown in FIG. 56B, the closed door icon DR is displayed in the second reservation display area 17b, and the cut-in image KK that does not return to SP is displayed on the display screen 7a. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 56(C), the cut-in image KK that does not return to SP displayed on the display screen 7a disappears, and an icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed in the second reservation display area 17b. be done. In this way, although the always return icon 9A was displayed in the second reservation display area 17b (see FIG. 56(A)), the always return icon 9A may change to an icon 9B that does not return to SP (see FIG. 56). (C)).

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the return icon 9A is always displayed in the appearance standby effect, the player is made to think that the advantageous icons 9a to 9f will appear in either the SP reach pre-reach period or the SP reach post-reach section. become. In addition, as in the example of effect shown in FIG. 56, the icon 9A that always returns may change to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP. In this case, the player is made aware that the advantageous icons 9a to 9f do not appear in the pre-SP reach period, and the advantage icons 9e, 9h, and 9g do not appear until the SP reach-out period. In this way, it is possible to make the player feel that the display timing of the advantageous icon is suddenly postponed after the start of the SP ready-to-win effect, and to arouse the player's desire for the SP ready-to-win effect to be executed as soon as possible. is.

12. Operation of Effect Control Microcomputer 91 [Sub Control Main Processing] Next, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 91 will be described with reference to FIGS. 62 to 65. FIG. In addition, a counter, a timer, a flag, a status, a buffer, etc. appearing in the description of the performance control microcomputer 91 are provided in the RAM 94 . The effect control microcomputer 91 provided on the sub-control board 90 reads and executes the sub-control main processing program shown in FIG. 62 from the ROM 93 when the power of the pachinko game machine 1 is turned on. As shown in the figure, in the sub-control main processing, CPU initialization processing is first performed (S4001). In the CPU initialization process (S4001), stack setting, constant setting, CPU 92 setting, SIO, PIO, CTC (circuit for managing interrupt time), etc. are set.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the power-off signal is ON and the contents of the RAM 94 are normal (S4002). If the determination result is NO, the RAM 94 is initialized (S4003), and the process proceeds to step S4004. On the other hand, if the determination result is YES (YES in S4002), the RAM 94 is not initialized and the process proceeds to step S4004. That is, if the power-off signal is not ON, or if the contents of the RAM 94 are not normal even if the power-off signal is ON (NO in S4002), the RAM 94 is initialized. However, if the contents of the RAM 94 are maintained normally (YES in S4002), the RAM 94 is not initialized. By initializing the RAM 94, the values of various flags, statuses, counters, etc. are reset. Also, these steps S4001 to S4003 are executed only once after the power is turned on, and are not executed thereafter.

In step S4004, interrupts are prohibited. Next, random number seed update processing is executed (S4005). In the random number seed update process (S4005), the values of various effect determination random number counters are updated. When the random number seed update process (S4005) ends, the command transmission process is executed (S4006). In the command transmission process, various commands stored in the output buffer in the RAM 94 of the sub-control board 90 are transmitted to the image control board 100 . Upon receiving the command, the image control board 100 uses the image display device 7 according to the command to perform various effects (effect pattern variation effect, opening effect, round effect, ending effect, 3D stop notice effect, 3D icon notice effect, operation timing notice). effect, advantageous icon appearance effect, appearance standby effect, etc.) are executed.

In addition, as the image control board 100 executes various effects, the sub-control board 90 outputs sound from the speaker 67 via the sound control board 106, and outputs the frame lamp 66 and board lamp via the sub-drive board 107. 5 is made to emit light, and the board movable body 15, the frame movable body 600, and the logo sword accessory 300 are driven. The effect control microcomputer 91 subsequently permits an interrupt (S4007). Thereafter, steps S4004 to S4007 are looped. While interrupts are enabled, reception interrupt processing (S4008), 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), and 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) can be executed.

[Receive Interrupt Processing] In the receive interrupt processing (S4008), as shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not an input has been made to the external INT input section (S4101). If the strobe signal is not ON, the process is terminated, and if it is ON, various commands transmitted from the main control board 80 are stored in the reception buffer of the RAM 94 (S4102). This reception interrupt process is a process that is executed with priority over other interrupt processes (S4009, S4010).

[1 ms Timer Interrupt Processing] The 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009) is executed each time an interrupt pulse having a period of 1 msec is input to the sub-control board 90. FIG. As shown in FIG. 64, in the 1 ms timer interrupt processing (S4009), first, input processing (S4201) is performed. In the input process (S4201), switch data (edge data and level data) is created based on the detection signal from the production button detection switch 63a (see FIG. 8).

Subsequently, lamp data output processing (S4202) is performed. In the lamp data output process (S4202), the lamp data created in other processes (S4304) in the 10ms timer interrupt process described later is sent to the sub-drive board 107 in order to cause the frame lamp 66 and board lamp 5 to emit light at a timing that matches the performance. Output. That is, according to the lamp data, the frame lamp 66 and the frame lamp 66 are caused to emit light in a predetermined light emission mode.

Next, drive control processing (S4203) is performed. In the drive control process (S4203), drive data (data for driving the movable board 15) is created in order to drive the movable board 15, the movable frame 600, and the logo sword object 300 at a timing suitable for the production. , and output. That is, according to the driving data, the movable board drive motor 15a for moving the board movable body 15, the movable frame drive motor 600a for moving the movable frame 600, and the logo sword for moving the logo sword accessory 300. The accessory drive motor 300a is driven.

Then, watchdog timer processing (S4204) for resetting the watchdog timer is performed, and this processing ends.

[10 ms Timer Interrupt Processing] The 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010) is executed each time an interrupt pulse with a period of 10 msec is input to the sub-control board 90. FIG. As shown in FIG. 65, in the 10 ms timer interrupt processing (S4010), first, received command analysis processing is performed (S4301). In the received command analysis process (S4301), the effect control microcomputer 91 determines whether or not the variation start command is received from the game control microcomputer 81, and if received, the analysis result of the variation start command (variation pattern information), a variable effect pattern selection process for executing a variable effect and a notice effect selection process for executing a notice effect are executed.

Also, in the received command analysis process (S4301), it is determined whether or not an opening command is received from the game control microcomputer 81, and if received, an opening effect selection process is executed. Further, it is determined whether or not a round specifying command is received from the game control microcomputer 81, and if received, a round effect selection process is executed. Also, it is determined whether or not an ending command is received from the game control microcomputer 81, and if received, an ending effect selection process is executed. In addition, it is determined whether or not a starting winning command (first starting winning command, second starting winning command) is received from the game control microcomputer 81, and if received, a prefetching notice effect for executing a prefetching notice effect A selection process and an icon display process for displaying the icon 9 are executed.

In addition, the effect control microcomputer 91, following the received command analysis process (S4301), performs a switch state acquisition process of storing the switch data created in the 1 ms timer interrupt process in the RAM 94 as switch data for the 10 ms timer interrupt process (S4302 ). Next, switch processing is performed to set the display contents of the display screen 7a based on the switch data stored in the switch state acquisition processing (S4303).

Thereafter, the effect control microcomputer 91 performs lamp processing (S4304). In the lamp processing (S4304), lamp data (data for controlling the lighting of the frame lamp 66 and the board lamp 5) is created and the time management of the lighting effect is performed. Subsequently, voice control processing (S4305) is performed. In the audio control process (S4305), audio data (data for controlling the output of audio from the speaker 67) is created, output to the audio control board 106, time management of audio production, and the like are performed. As a result, the speaker 67 outputs a sound that matches the performance to be executed. Then, other processes such as updating various random numbers for determination of effects are executed (S4306), and this process ends.

13. Control Example Next, an example of control of the 3D stop notice effect will be described. As a precondition, it is assumed that the normal game state and the number of the first special figure reservation are three. Then, it is assumed that the game ball flowing down the game area 3 has entered the first start hole 20 . In this case, the game control microcomputer 81 specifies the first starting winning command by the first starting winning command specifying process (S213) shown in FIG. The specified first start winning command is, for example, a non-time-saving state (normal game state), the first special figure reservation is four, and it indicates SP reach loss ("E1H43H", see FIG. 16). It is assumed that Then, this first start winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101) shown in FIG.

When the production control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 receives the above-described first starting winning command, it analyzes the received first starting winning command by the reception command analysis process (S4301) shown in FIG. Then, based on the analysis result, pre-reading preview effect selection processing and icon display processing are executed. In the pre-reading notice effect selection process, it is determined whether or not to execute the 3D stop notice effect based on a 3D stop notice effect lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93 . Thus, when it is determined to execute the 3D stop notice effect, the 3D stop notice effect is executed as described in the example effects shown in FIGS.

Next, an example of control of the 3D icon advance notice effect will be described. As a precondition, it is assumed that it is in a normal game state and that the number of the first special figure reservation is one. Then, it is assumed that the game ball flowing down the game area 3 has entered the first start hole 20 . In this case, the game control microcomputer 81 specifies the first starting winning command by the first starting winning command specifying process (S213) shown in FIG. The specified first start winning command is, for example, a non-time saving state (normal game state), the first special figure reservation is two, and the SP reach normal jackpot ("E1H22H", see FIG. 16) It is assumed that Then, this first start winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101) shown in FIG.

When the production control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 receives the above-described first starting winning command, it analyzes the received first starting winning command by the reception command analysis process (S4301) shown in FIG. Then, based on the analysis result, pre-reading preview effect selection processing and icon display processing are executed. In the pre-reading notice effect selection process, it is determined whether or not to execute the 3D icon notice effect based on a 3D icon notice effect lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93 . Here, when it is decided to execute the 3D icon advance notice effect, the 3D icon 9Y changes from white to any color (blue, green, red) based on the reserve promotion zone effect lottery table (not shown). determine whether Subsequently, based on a 3D icon combination effect lottery table (not shown), it is determined whether or not to execute the 3D icon combination effect. In this way, when it is decided to execute the 3D icon announcement effect, it is decided that the 3D icon 9Y changes from white to red, and it is decided to execute the 3D icon combination effect, FIGS. B), the 3D icon advance notice effect, the pending promotion zone effect, and the 3D icon combination effect are executed.

Next, an example of control of the operation timing announcement effect will be described. As a precondition, it is assumed that the normal game state and the number of the first special figure reservation are three. Then, it is assumed that the game ball flowing down the game area 3 has entered the first start hole 20 . In this case, the game control microcomputer 81 specifies the first starting winning command by the first starting winning command specifying process (S213) shown in FIG. The specified first start winning command is, for example, a non-time saving state (normal game state), the first special figure reservation is four, and the SP reach probability variable jackpot is indicated ("E1H41H", see FIG. 16) It is assumed that Then, this first start winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101) shown in FIG.

When the production control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 receives the above-described first starting winning command, it analyzes the received first starting winning command by the reception command analysis process (S4301) shown in FIG. Then, based on the analysis result, pre-reading preview effect selection processing and icon display processing are executed. In the pre-reading notice effect selection process, it is determined whether or not to execute the operation timing notice effect based on an operation timing notice effect lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93 . Here, when it is determined to execute the operation timing advance notice effect, it is further decided whether or not to execute the 2D icon advance notice effect based on a 2D icon advance notice effect lottery table (not shown). Subsequently, whether or not to execute the logo sword holding effect is determined based on a logo sword holding effect lottery table (not shown). Subsequently, based on a one-shot notification effect lottery table (not shown), it is determined whether or not to execute the one-shot notification effect. In this way, when it is decided to execute the operation timing notice effect, whether or not the 2D icon notice effect is executed, whether or not the logo sword hold effect is executed, whether or not the one-shot announcement effect is executed, and whether the pressing operation to the effect button 63 is performed Depending on the timing, as shown in FIGS. 43 to 46, operation timing announcement effects (2D icon announcement effect, logo sword suspension effect, one-shot announcement effect) are executed.

Finally, an example of controlling the advantageous icon appearance effect and the appearance standby effect will be described. As a precondition, it is assumed that it is in a normal game state and that the number of the first special figure reservation is one. Then, it is assumed that the game ball flowing down the game area 3 has entered the first start hole 20 . In this case, the game control microcomputer 81 specifies the first starting winning command by the first starting winning command specifying process (S213) shown in FIG. The specified first start winning command is, for example, a non-time-saving state (normal game state), the first special figure reservation is two, and indicates the SP reach probability variable jackpot ("E2H41H", see FIG. 16) It is assumed that Then, this first start winning command is transmitted to the sub-control board 90 by the output process (S101) shown in FIG.

When the production control microcomputer 91 of the sub-control board 90 receives the above-described first starting winning command, it analyzes the received first starting winning command by the reception command analysis process (S4301) shown in FIG. Then, based on the analysis result, the pre-reading preview effect selection process and the icon display process are executed. In the pre-reading notice effect selection process, whether or not to execute the advantageous icon appearance effect is determined based on an advantageous icon appearance effect lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93 . When it is decided to execute the advantageous icon appearance presentation, depending on whether or not the first start winning command indicates the execution of the SP reach, whichever of the icon 9A that always returns or the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed. determine whether That is, when the first start winning command does not indicate the execution of SP reach, it is determined so that the return icon 9A is always displayed. On the other hand, when the first starting prize winning command indicates execution of SP reach, it is determined by lottery whether to display the icon 9A that always returns or the icon 9B that does not return to SP.

Then, when it is determined to display the return icon 9A without fail, the first advantageous icon group lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93 and the analysis result of the first start winning command are used to determine the first advantageous icon group lottery table. It is determined which advantageous icon is to be displayed from among the icon group A1 (see FIG. 47(A)). On the other hand, if it is determined to display the icon 9B that does not return to the SP, based on the analysis result of the first start winning command and the second advantageous icon group lottery table (not shown) stored in the ROM 93, the It is determined which advantageous icon is to be displayed from the group of 2 advantageous icons A2 (see FIG. 47(B)). In this way, when it is decided to execute the advantageous icon appearance effect, for example, when it is decided to display the icon 9B that does not return to the SP, and it is decided to display the LOGO sword icon 9g as the advantageous icon, as shown in FIGS. As shown, the advantageous icon appearance effect and the appearance standby effect are executed. When it is decided to display the icon 9B that does not return to the SP, there is a case where a lottery determines a pattern of changing to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP after displaying the icon 9A that always returns to the SP. In this case, as shown in FIG. 56, the return icon 9A always changes to the non-return icon 9B.

14. Effects of the present embodiment As described above in detail, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. during display), the player is made aware of the background image Ha showing houses and trees (specific design). Then, during the stop display of the special symbol, as shown in FIG. 37(B), the background back three-dimensional display (stop three-dimensional display) is executed, so that the player can see a background image showing a house and trees. Hc is visually recognized as being separated from the display screen 7a by a predetermined distance D in the backward direction. In this way, the background image Hc looks recessed from the position where it is normally visible at the time when the player is not so conscious of the game, such as when the special symbol is stopped and displayed, so that it is possible to enhance the interest.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 36B and 36C, the background image Ha is displayed on the display screen 7a by the background depth parallax display toward the end of the variable display of the special symbols. From the visible state, the background image Hc changes so that it can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. During the stop display of the special symbol, as described above, the background image Hc continues to be visually recognized as if it is separated from the display screen 7a by the predetermined distance D in the backward direction by the background depth stereoscopic display (FIG. 37). (B)). In this way, it is possible to show a special change in the visibility of the house and the trees from the end of the variable display of the special symbols to the stop display of the special symbols, thereby enhancing the interest.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), during the stop display of the special symbols, the background image Hc is set backward with respect to the display screen 7a by the background depth stereoscopic display. It is visually recognized as if it is separated by a distance D. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 38A and 38B, at the beginning of the variable display of the next special symbol, the background image Hc is displayed at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction due to the background original parallax display. The background image Ha changes from a visible state to a visible state on the display screen 7a. In this way, when the next variable display is started, the player is made aware of the end of the background depth stereoscopic display, and the background image Hc that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction is displayed more than necessary. It is possible to prevent it from appearing for a long time.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), during the stop display of the special symbol, the background depth stereoscopic display (3D stop notice effect, stop stereoscopic display) is performed as a pre-reading notice effect. executed. As a result, if the player can visually recognize the house and trees as a background not on the display screen 7a but at a position away from the display screen 7a in the backward direction while the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the player can see the pre-reading notice. It is possible to easily grasp the relationship that the effect (3D stop notice effect) is being executed.

Further, according to the pachinko game machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), during the stop display of the special symbols, the house and trees in the background are displayed on the display screen 7a by the three-dimensional display at the back of the background. It can be viewed at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction, not at a position away in the front direction. As a result, it is possible to show the background house and trees (background image Hc) at a timing when the special symbol is stopped and displayed, which is a timing when the player is not aware of the game, and in a direction where the player is not aware of the game. .

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 39(B), the 3D suspension icon 9X can be visually recognized at a position away from the second suspension display area 17b in the front direction. This 3D reservation icon 9X suggests that the degree of expectation for winning a big win is higher than the white disk-shaped (default) reservation icon 9, so that the player can be given an uplifting feeling. By displaying the 3D pending icon 9X in this way, it is possible to provide novel interest by the pending icon.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. ), the 3D hold icon 9X shifts while remaining visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. That is, after the 3D pending icon 9X disappears once, the 3D pending icon 9X does not appear at the shifted position. In this way, it is possible to provide a novel appearance in which the 3D pending icon 9X shifts (moves) while remaining stereoscopically visible.

Moreover, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. Visible from a distance. Thus, by maintaining the same shape and pattern, the 3D pending icon 9X suggests a higher winning expectation than the (default) pending icon 9 having a white disc shape. , can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner for the player.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 41, when the white disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y is displayed (when the jackpot determination process is executed), the pending promotion zone effect is displayed. Always executed. Due to this reserved promotion zone effect, the 3D icon 9Y that is a white disk shape is changed to the 3D icon 9Y that is a blue, green, or red (see FIG. 41(C)) disk shape with a higher probability of winning. Change. In this way, since the pending promotion zone effect is always executed, even the white disc-shaped 3D pending icon 9X (or the white disc-shaped 3D corresponding icon 9Y) has a high expectation of winning the jackpot. It is possible to make it easier for the player to have the impression that the icon suggests that.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 42(A) and 42(B), when the 3D icon combination effect is executed, it is suggested that the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot increases. Therefore, when the icon PY is displayed in 3D, the player can expect that the logo sword image LS will be combined and the logo sword form will be visible in both stereoscopic and planar view. It is possible.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, in the operation timing announcement effect, when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the third suspension display area 17c as shown in FIG. Based on the operation, the 2D icon announcement effect can be executed as shown in FIG. no. Further, when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the second suspension display area 17b as shown in FIG. 45(A), the effect shown in FIG. While the logo sword holding effect can be executed as shown, other notice effects (2D icon notice effect, one-shot notice effect) are not executed. Further, when the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the first suspension display area 17a as shown in FIG. While the one-shot announcement effect can be executed, other announcement effects (2D icon announcement effect, logo sword suspension effect) are not executed. In this way, in the operation timing advance notice performance, the player can select the type of advance notice performance suitable for his or her preference by considering at what timing the player presses the performance button 63, thereby enhancing the interest of the operation performance. It is possible.

Further, according to the pachinko game machine 1 of the present embodiment, the operation timing notice effect is executed as a look-ahead notice effect. That is, for the player, before the change starts (before the big hit determination process is executed for the determination information that triggered the execution of the operation timing announcement effect), the 2D icon announcement effect and the logo sword hold effect From among the three pre-reading foretelling effects of the one-shot announcement effect, which pre-reading foretelling effect is desired to be executed is selected according to the operation timing. In this way, it is possible to enhance the interest of the look-ahead advance notice effect and the operation effect.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, the button pending icon 9Z as the pending icon is displayed in any pending display area among the first pending display area 17a, the second pending display area 17b, and the third pending display area 17c. Depending on the presence, the type of pre-reading announcement effect (2D icon announcement effect, logo sword suspension effect, and one-shot announcement effect) that can be executed is determined. In other words, the reserved display areas 17a to 17c and the type of pre-reading announcement effects that can be executed are associated one-to-one. Therefore, it is possible to make it easy to understand which pre-reading advance notice effect can be executed by pressing the effect button 63 at what timing.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed, at the time of the change corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to SP (when the icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed) Advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed unless the post-SP reach section is reached after the jackpot determination processing is executed for the determination information that has been reached. In other words, the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed in the pre-SP reach section. As a result, the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP can arouse expectations until the display of the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g, suggesting the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot. It is possible to increase the amusement of the game until the effects (full-rotation reach effect, frame movable body drive effect, LOGO sword character object operation promotion effect) are executed.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, when the always return icon 9A is displayed, at the time of the change corresponding to the always return icon 9A (with respect to the determination information that triggered the display of the always return icon 9A) ), the advantageous icons 9a to 9f may be displayed in either the pre-SP reach section or the post-SP reach section. On the other hand, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, as described above, the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed until the SP reachable section. In this way, the case where the icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed is better than the case where the icon 9A that always returns is displayed.
The timing to find out which advantageous performance (advantageous performance suggesting the degree of expectation for winning a jackpot) to be executed tends to come later, and it is possible to further stir expectations until the advantageous performance is executed.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 56A, 56B, and 56C, the icon 9A that always returns may change to the icon 9B that does not return to SP. In this case, the return icon 9A does not result in the post-SP reach section for the player who thought that the advantageous icons 9a to 9f may be displayed in either the pre-SP reach section or the post-SP reach section. and the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed. As a result, it is possible to make the player feel as if the timing of finding out which advantageous effect is to be executed has been postponed, and to provide a novel game amusement.

Further, according to the pachinko game machine 1 of this embodiment, when the icon 9B that does not return to the SP is displayed, unlike the case where the icon 9A that always returns is displayed, the pseudo-continuous performance is executed twice. The pseudo 2-icon 9a shown in FIG. Therefore, the pseudo-2 icon 9a and the pseudo-3 icon 9b are not shown to the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP, and the expectation of winning the jackpot is not as high as expected. can be prevented.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, a player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP will receive an SP reach effect (2DSP reach effect, The user is made to understand that the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are not displayed unless the LOGOSP ready-to-win effect is displayed. In other words, the display of the icon 9B that does not return to the SP guarantees that the SP ready-to-win effect is executed at the time of the change corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP. In this way, for the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP, the SP reach effect is always executed, and any advantageous effect in the SP reach effect (full rotation reach effect, frame movable body drive effect, LOGO sword role) It is possible to make the player understand that the object manipulation promotion performance) will be executed, and to have a great sense of expectation.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 52(C), an icon 9B that does not return to SP is displayed as a pending icon. In this case, at the time of the change corresponding to the icon 9B that does not return to the SP (after the big hit determination process is executed for the determination information that has triggered the display of the icon 9A that always returns), after the SP reach pre-interval , Advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are displayed after the SP reach section. In this way, the player who sees the icon 9B that does not return to the SP as a pending icon expects that the corresponding jackpot determination process will be executed quickly, and the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g will be displayed in the post-SP reach section quickly. It is possible to strongly expect to be displayed.

15. Modified Example Next, a modified example of the pachinko gaming machine 1 having the above configuration will be described. In addition, in description of the modification, the same code|symbol is attached|subjected about the structure similar to the said form, and description is abbreviate|omitted. Of course, the configurations according to the modified examples may be combined as appropriate. Moreover, technical features in the above embodiments and modifications below can be deleted as appropriate unless they are described as essential in this specification.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 36A, a background image Ha (non-stereoscopic image) showing a house and trees (specific design) is displayed, and as shown in FIG. During static display, the background image Hc (stereoscopic display) showing the house and trees (specific design) at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction is displayed by background depth stereoscopic display (static stereoscopic display, depth parallax static stereoscopic display). visual image) was made visible. However, the specific designs of the non-stereoscopic image and the stereoscopic image are not limited to houses and trees, and may be characters, items, letters, numbers, etc., and can be changed as appropriate. Also, the non-stereoscopic image and the stereoscopic image are not limited to the background image, but may be a character image, an item image, or a performance pattern, and can be changed as appropriate. Therefore, for example, when a non-stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image are used as performance symbols, the performance symbols can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the front-rear direction while the special symbols are stopped and displayed. It is possible to provide a look-ahead preview effect.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 35, toward the end of the variable display of the special symbols, the background image Ha is displayed on the display screen 7a from a state in which the background image Ha is visible on the display screen 7a by the background depth parallax display (stereoscopic start display). On the other hand, the background image Hc is changed so that the background image Hc can be visually recognized at a position away in the rearward direction (see FIGS. 35B and 35C). However, the background depth parallax display (3D start display) may be executed after the stop display of the special symbol is started. It should be noted that toward the end of the variable display of the special symbols may be, for example, a period from when the speed of the variable display of the effect symbols 8 begins to slow down until the stop display of the special symbols is started. .

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 35, the background image Hc is displayed at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rearward direction by the background original parallax display (stereoscopic end display) toward the beginning of the variable display of the next special symbol. is changed so that the background image Ha can be visually recognized on the display screen 7a (see FIGS. 38A and 38B). However, the background original parallax display (stereoscopic end display) may be executed before the stop display of the special symbol ends. It should be noted that "before the beginning of the variable display of the next special symbol" means that it is sufficient if it is a period from the start of the variable display of the next special symbol until the variable display of the effect symbol 8 becomes high-speed and difficult to see. and

In the above-described form, as a look-ahead forewarning effect suggesting the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot, the background depth three-dimensional display (stop three-dimensional display) is executed during the stop display of the special symbols. However, instead of the preview effect (as a effect that does not suggest the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot), the background depth three-dimensional display (stop three-dimensional display) may be executed during the stop display of the special symbols.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 37(B), during the static display of the special symbol, background depth stereoscopic display (back parallax stop stereoscopic display) causes the background to be displayed at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rearward direction. The image Hc (stereoscopic image) is made visible. However, the background image (stereoscopic image) may be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the front direction by front parallax stop stereoscopic display while the special symbol is stopped and displayed.

In the above embodiment, the shape and pattern of the 3D pending icon 9X (see FIG. 39(B)) and the 3D corresponding icon 9Y (see FIG. 41(B)) are white disc-shaped default icons 9 (normal icons). They were identical in shape and pattern. However, the 3D reserved icon 9X (stereoscopic icon), the 3D corresponding icon 9Y (stereoscopic icon), and the default icon 9 (normal icon) are not limited to the disk shape, but are identical in shape and pattern. If so, it can be changed as appropriate. Moreover, they are not limited to being the same, and even if they are partly different, they may have substantially the same shape and pattern by having a common part. Also, the shape and pattern of the stereoscopic icons (3D reserved icon 9X, 3D relevant icon 9Y) should be completely different from the shape and pattern of the normal icon (default icon 9) (dedicated shape and pattern). can be Then, the shape and pattern of the 3D pending icon 9X and the shape and pattern of the 3D icon 9Y may be different.

In the above form, as shown in FIGS. 41A and 41B, the first The 3D suspension icon 9X that can be visually recognized at a position away from the suspension display area 17a in the front direction disappears. Then, immediately after that, the 3D icon 9Y appears at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction. However, even if the 3D suspension icon 9X moves (shifts) from a position away from the first suspension display area 17a in the front direction toward a position away from the display area 17x in the front direction good.

In the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 40A and 40B, with the end of the stop display of the special symbols (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the 3D pending icon 9X appears on the display screen. It was shifted (moved) while remaining visible at a position away from 7a in the forward direction. However, with the end of the stop display of the special symbol (with the start of the variable display of the next special symbol), the 3D pending icon that was visible at a position away from the certain pending display area in the forward direction 9X may disappear once and its 3D pending icon 9X suddenly appears at a position forwardly away from another pending display area.

In the above embodiment, the 3D pending icon 9X always has a white disk-like display mode, unlike the 3D relevant icon 9Y. However, even with the 3D pending icon 9X, the display mode may be a blue disc shape, a green disc shape, a red disc shape, or a rainbow disc shape like the 3D relevant icon 9Y. , a logo sword shape, or a special mode may be used.

In the above embodiment, the 3D corresponding icon 9Y is changed to a display mode with a higher winning expectation by the pending promotion zone effect (see FIGS. 41(B) and (C)). On the other hand, the 3D reservation icon 9X may be changed to a display mode with a higher winning expectation.

In the above mode, as shown in FIGS. 42A and 42B, in the 3D icon combination effect (specific mode completion effect), the logo sword image LS (specific image) is displayed for the 3D icon 9Y (stereoscopic icon). By combining , the logo sword form (specific form) was made visible. However, the stereoscopic icon and the specific image for completing the specific form are not limited to the relationship between the 3D icon 9Y and the logo sword image LS, and may be, for example, the 3D reserved icon 9X and the logo sword image LS. , can be changed as appropriate. The specific form to be completed is not limited to the logo sword form, and may be a specific character, item, or the like, and can be changed as appropriate.

In the above form, as shown in FIGS. 42A and 42B, in the 3D icon combination effect (specific form completion effect), the 3D logo sword image LS (specific image) on the display screen 7a is displayed for the icon 9Y. By combining, the player is made to visually recognize the logo sword form (specific form). However, as in the modification shown in FIG. 66, the specific form completion effect may be executed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 66A, it is assumed that the 3D icon 9Y having a red disk shape is displayed at a position away from the display area 17x in the forward direction. At this time, the 3D logo sword image LX (specific image) that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction moves downward from the upper side. Then, a combined fanning effect is executed to fan whether or not the disk portion LXa of the 3D logo sword image LX stops at the 3D icon 9Y. In other words, the combined fan effect is an effect that makes the player expect that the disk portion LXa of the 3D logo sword image LX, which is stereoscopically visible to the player, overlaps with the 3D icon 9Y, which is stereoscopically visible to the player.

Then, as shown in FIG. 66B, when the specific form completion effect is executed (successful), the disk portion LXa of the 3D logo sword image LX stops at the 3D icon 9Y. As a result, the red disk-shaped 3D icon 9Y and the 3D logo sword image LX allow the player to see the logo sword form (specific form) as a stereoscopic vision (only). In this way, by using the 3D icon 9Y and the 3D logo sword image LX to complete the logo sword form, which is a new stereoscopic view, the player is presented with a novel performance that the degree of expectation for winning the jackpot increases. It is possible.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 66(C), when the specific form completion effect is not executed (failed), the disk portion LXa of the 3D logo sword image LX does not stop at the 3D icon 9Y and moves downward. Move to disappear. As in the specific form completion rendering described above, the stereoscopic logo sword form is not completed. In this way, the player is made aware that the expectation of winning the jackpot does not necessarily increase.

In the above embodiment, the 3D pending icon 9X (stereoscopic icon, see FIG. 39B) can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. However, the 3D hold icon 9X may be visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. In addition, the 3D hold icon 9X changes from a state in which it can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction to a state in which it can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. Also good. On the contrary, the 3D hold icon 9X changes from a state that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the backward direction to a state that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the front direction. You can do it.

In the above embodiment, the 3D pending icon 9X (stereoscopic icon, see FIG. 39(B)) can be visually recognized at a position forwardly separated from the display screen 7a by a certain distance. However, the stereoscopic icon may be visible so as to gradually move away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction (protruding toward the player).

In the above embodiment, the 3D icon 9Y (stereoscopic icon, see FIG. 41B) can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the front direction. However, the 3D icon 9Y may be visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. In addition, the 3D icon 9Y is changed from a state in which the icon 9Y can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction to a state in which the icon 9Y can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen 7a in the rear direction. Also good. Conversely, the 3D icon 9Y changes from being visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the backward direction to being visible at a position away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. You can do it.

In the above embodiment, the holding pedestal (mainly the pedestal arranged below the holding icon 9) that makes it easy to understand the position of the holding icon 9 is not displayed on the display screen 7a, but the position of the holding icon 9 is made easy to understand. The reserved pedestal may be displayed on the display screen 7a. In this case, if the 3D pending icon 9X can be visually recognized at a position a certain distance away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction, a pending pedestal (3D pending pedestal) corresponding to the 3D pending icon 9X may also be made visible at a position a certain distance away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. In addition, if the 3D pending icon becomes visible at a certain distance in the rearward direction with respect to the display screen 7a, the pending pedestal (3D pending pedestal) corresponding to the 3D pending icon is also displayed. It may be arranged so that it can be visually recognized at a position separated from the screen 7a by a fixed distance in the rear direction.

In the above embodiment, the pedestal (mainly the pedestal placed below the icon 9) that makes it easy to understand the position of the icon 9 is not displayed on the display screen 7a, but the position of the icon 9 is made easy to understand. The pedestal may be displayed on the display screen 7a. In this case, if the 3D icon 9Y can be visually recognized at a certain distance in the forward direction with respect to the display screen 7a, the pedestal (3D pedestal) corresponding to the 3D icon 9Y is displayed. may also be made visible at a position a certain distance away from the display screen 7a in the forward direction. In addition, if the 3D icon can be visually recognized at a certain distance in the rear direction with respect to the display screen 7a, the holding pedestal (3D holding pedestal) corresponding to the 3D icon is also displayed. It may be arranged so that it can be visually recognized at a position separated from the screen 7a by a fixed distance in the rear direction.

In the above-described form, in the operation timing notice effect (operation effect), depending on the timing of the operation to press the effect button 63, the 2D icon notice effect (first notice effect, see FIG. 44 (B-1)) or the logo sword A suspension effect (second notice effect, see FIG. 45(C-1)) or a one-shot notice effect (see FIG. 46(B-1)) can be executed. However, in the operation timing advance notice effect (operation effect), the type of notice effect that can be executed is not limited to the above, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, a cut-in announcement effect, a step-up announcement effect, a pseudo continuous effect, a 3D icon announcement effect, and the like may be used.

In the above embodiment, when the button reservation icon 9Z is displayed in the first reservation display area 17a, the operation timing notice effect (operation effect) is terminated unless the player presses the effect button 63.例文帳に追加That is, in the display area 17x, the button icon is not displayed. However, the button icon may be displayed in the display area 17x. In this case, when the effect button 63 is pressed while the button icon is displayed in the display area 17x, a notice effect different from the 2D icon notice effect, the logo sword hold effect, and the one-shot notice effect is executed. It should be done so that it can be done.

In the above embodiment, when the effect button 63 is pressed while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c (during the first operation period), the 2D icon notice effect (first notice effect ) may be executed, and other notice effects (logo sword hold effect, one-shot notification effect) are prevented from being executed. Further, when the effect button 63 is pressed while the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b (during the second operation period), the logo sword pending effect (second notice effect) is executed. , and other notice effects (2D icon notice effect, one-shot notice effect) are prevented from being executed. However, when the effect button 63 is pressed during the first operation period, the 2D icon notice effect (first notice effect) is most likely to be executed as the notice effect, but the logo sword hold effect and the one-shot notice effect are also executed. It may be made executable. That is, in the first operation period, the appearance rate may increase in the order of, for example, 2D icon announcement effect>logo sword holding effect>one-shot announcement effect. Similarly, when the effect button 63 is pressed during the second operation period, the logo sword holding effect (second notice effect) is most likely to be executed as the notice effect, but the 2D icon notice effect and the one-shot announcement effect are most likely to be executed. may also be executed. In other words, in the second operation period, the appearance rate may increase in the order of, for example, the logo sword holding effect > 2D icon announcement effect > one-shot announcement effect. In the operation effect of this modified example, the easiness of execution of the advance notice effect differs according to the timing of the pressing operation to the effect button 63 . Therefore, the player will consider at what timing the pressing operation should be performed to easily execute the desired advance notice effect, and it is possible to enhance the interest of the operation effect.

In the above-described form, in the operation timing announcement effect (operation effect), even if the effect button 63 is pressed, the announcement effect is not always executed. However, in the operation effect, when the effect button 63 is pressed during a certain operation period, the advance notice effect corresponding to the operation period may be always executed. For example, when the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c (during the first operation period), when the effect button 63 is pressed, the 2D icon preview effect (first preview effect) is performed. It may be set to always be executed.

In the above embodiment, in the operation timing notice effect (operation effect), when the button suspension icon 9Z is in the third suspension display area 17c (first operation period), when it is in the second suspension display area 17b (second operation period ) or in the first reserved display area 17a (third operation period), the effect button 63 (operation means) is pressed. However, the operation means to be pressed in each operation period may not be the same, and different operation means may be operated in each operation period. Further, the operation means is not limited to the effect button 63, and may be a dedicated operation means that is not operated in any effect other than the operation effect.

In the above embodiment, the operation timing announcement effect (operation effect) is executed as a look-ahead announcement effect as shown in FIGS. 43 to 46. FIG. However, the operation effect may be executed with the variation (variation effect during the variation) after the big win determination process is executed for the determination information that triggered the operation effect.

That is, as shown in FIG. 67(A), it is assumed that the operation effect is started with the change effect during the change. In this operation presentation, the display screen 7a displays an operation prompting image SS showing a form imitating the logo sword role 300 and the characters "squeeze the sword". Therefore, the player is urged to push the logo sword function 300 (operating means) from the normal position shown in FIG. 5(A) to the push-in position shown in FIG. 5(B). In this operation presentation, a progress bar PR indicating the effective period of operation for the logo sword accessory 300 is displayed at the bottom of the display screen 7a. In the progress bar PR, digested portions SB are displayed from the left side to the right side as time elapses (as the effective period of operation becomes shorter). Then, when the digested portion SB reaches the right end of the progress bar PR, it is indicated that the effective period of operation has expired.

In the operation presentation of this modified example, the range of the progress bar PR is divided into three parts, the left side, the center, and the right side. Then, as shown in FIG. 67(A), while the digested portion SB is on the left side of the progress bar PR, the notice content image PR1 showing the characters "Pending change?" is displayed on the left side of the progress bar PR. be. In this way, when the player presses the logo sword accessory 300 when the digest portion SB is on the left side of the progress bar PR, a 2D icon announcement effect is produced as shown in FIG. 44(B-1). It may be executed, and other notice effects are not executed. Note that the time when the digested portion SB is on the left side of the progress bar PR corresponds to the "first operation period".

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 67(B), while the digest portion SB is in the center of the progress bar PR, a notice content image PR2 showing the characters "logo sword pending?" is displayed in the center of the progress bar PR. be done. In this way, when the player presses the logo sword accessory 300 while the digestion portion SB is in the center of the progress bar PR, the logo sword holding effect is produced as shown in FIG. 45(C-1). It may be executed, and other notice effects are not executed. Note that the time when the digested portion SB is in the center of the progress bar PR corresponds to the "second operation period".

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 67(C), while the digest portion SB is on the right side of the progress bar PR, the notice content image PR3 showing the characters "One shot announcement?" is displayed on the right side of the progress bar PR. be done. In this way, when the digest portion SB is on the right side of the progress bar PR, when the player presses the logo sword accessory 300, as shown in FIG. It may be executed, and other notice effects are not executed. Note that the time when the digested portion SB is on the right side of the progress bar PR corresponds to the "third operation period".

As described above, even in the pressing effect of this modified example, the player can select the type of advance notice effect that suits his or her taste by considering at what timing the player presses the logo sword role 300 . In this way, the pressing effect of the modified example can produce the same effect as the above-described operation timing forewarning effect (see FIGS. 43 to 46) except that it is a look-ahead forewarning effect, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

In the above-described mode, by displaying the advantageous icons 9a to 9h, advantageous effects (pseudo-continuous two-time pseudo-continuous effect, pseudo-continuous three-time pseudo-continuous effect, SP reach effect, logo SP reach effect, all-rotation reach effect, It is shown in advance that the board movable body drive performance, the LOGO sword operation promotion performance, and the frame movable body drive performance) will be executed. However, the types of advantageous effects are not limited to those described above, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, as the advantageous effects, there may be four simulated continuous effects, a cut-in notice effect, a timer notice effect, and a 2D icon notice effect. An icon may be displayed.

In the above mode, when the always return icon 9A (normal preliminary standby image) is displayed, one of the advantageous icons from the first advantageous icon group A1 (advantageous icons 9a to 9g) shown in FIG. Appeared (displayed). Further, when the icon 9B (special preliminary standby image) that does not return to the SP is displayed, any of the second advantageous icon group A2 (advantageous icons 9e, 9g, 9h) shown in FIG. Made the icon appear. However, the types of advantageous icons that appear when the normal preliminary standby image is displayed and the types of advantageous icons that appear when the special preliminary standby image is displayed are limited to those shown in FIGS. If even one of the included advantageous icons is different, it can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the type of advantageous icon (preliminary standby image) that appears when the special preliminary standby image is displayed is the same as the type of advantageous icon (preliminary standby image) that appears when the normal preliminary standby image is displayed, or You can do as many as you want. 1 type of advantageous icon (pre-standby image) that appears when a special pre-standby image is displayed, or 1 type of advantageous icon (pre-standby image) that appears when a normal pre-standby image is displayed It can be used as a type.

In the above embodiment, the icon 9B (special preliminary standby image) that does not return to SP or the icon 9A (normal preliminary standby image) that always returns is displayed as the pending icon 9 displayed in the pending display areas 17a to 17d. . However, the special pre-standby image or the normal pre-standby image is not limited to the pending icon, and can be changed as appropriate as long as it is an image displayed on the display screen 7a. In the above embodiment, the icon 9B (special preliminary standby image) that does not return to SP or the icon 9A (normal preliminary standby image) that always returns to SP was not displayed as the icon 9 displayed in the display area 17x. may be displayed as the icon.

In the above embodiment, when the icon 9B (special preliminary standby image) that does not return to the SP is displayed, the advantageous icons 9e, 9h, and 9g are displayed in the pre-SP reach section (the effect section before the start of the SP reach effect, the first It does not appear (display) in the performance section), but is displayed in the post-SP reach section (the performance section after the SP reach performance is started, the second performance section). However, the first effect section and the second effect section are not limited to the pre-SP reachable section and the post-SP reachable section, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the first rendering section and the second rendering section may be a rendering section before a reach is formed (pre-reach section) and a rendering section after a reach is formed (post-reach section). Also, the first effect section and the second effect section may be the first half section during SP reach and the second half section during SP reach.

In the above embodiment, when the return icon 9A (normal pre-standby image) is displayed, the advantageous icons 9a to 9f are either the SP reach-before section (first effect section) or the SP reach-after section (second effect section). But I made it visible. On the other hand, when a certain specific preliminary standby image is displayed, advantageous icons 9a to 9f (preliminary advantageous images) are displayed in the SP reach pre-section (first effect section), while the SP reach post section ( It may not be displayed in the second effect section).

In the above form, the appearance standby effect of displaying the icon 9B (special preliminary standby image) that does not return to the SP or the icon 9A (normal preliminary standby image) that always returns is executed as a look-ahead preview effect as shown in FIGS. 48 to 55. did. However, the appearance standby effect of displaying the icon 9B (special pre-waiting image) that does not return to SP or the icon 9A (normal pre-waiting image) that always returns is executed with respect to the judgment information that triggered the execution of the big hit judgment processing. It may be executed in the variation after the variation (variation effect during the variation).

In the above embodiments, as shown in FIGS. 32 to 34, it has been described that stereoscopic images can be visually recognized by the parallax barrier method. However, the stereoscopic image may be made visible by other methods such as the frame sequential method and the polarization method.

In the above embodiment, the pachinko game machine 1 is a so-called "variable loop type" in which the high probability state continues until the next big win is substantially won after being controlled to the high probability state. However, it may be a so-called "ST type" pachinko game machine that is controlled to the normal probability state when the number of times of variable display of special symbols reaches a predetermined number after being controlled to the high probability state. Further, in the above embodiment, the so-called "type 1 type" pachinko game machine 1 in which a jackpot game is executed when a jackpot is won in a lottery of special symbols, but other types of pachinko games capable of executing a small win game. A machine (for example, a so-called one-kind-two-kind mixer) may be used.

In the above embodiment, the pachinko game machine 1 shifts to a high-probability state according to the type of special symbol that is stopped and displayed. However, in a pachinko machine that provides a specific area (V area) in the big winning device and shifts to a high probability state based on the passage of a game ball into the specific area, or a pachinko game machine that does not shift to a high probability state, It can be.

Further, in the above-described form, the number of times of time saving is set to "100" after the jackpot game, or the time saving state continues substantially until the next big win is won. However, it may be possible that the number of times of time saving is set to "0" times (that is, controlled to "non-time saving state") after the jackpot game.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko game machine 1 is configured, but it may be configured as a slot machine (rotating drum type game machine, pachislot game machine). In this case, in the case of a so-called normal machine that increases the number of acquired medals by winning a big bonus or regular bonus, the state in which the big bonus or regular bonus is executed corresponds to the special game state. In addition, if it is a so-called ART machine or AT machine that increases the medals acquired during a special game period such as ART (Assist Replay Time) or AT (Assist Time) that can frequently win small roles, the state during ART or AT corresponds to the special game state. In the normal machine, the control condition for the special game state is that after winning the big bonus or regular bonus, a combination of symbols that triggers the transition to the big bonus or regular bonus is placed on each reel on the activated pay line. is derived and displayed as a display result of Also, in the ART machine and AT machine, the control condition for entering the special game state is, for example, winning the execution lottery for ART or AT, and reaching the activation timing of ART or AT by completing the specified number of games. .

Winning expectation degree of each effect explained in the above form (winning expectation degree of 3D stop notice effect shown in FIG. 57, winning expectation degree of icon notice effect shown in FIG. 58, winning expectation degree of pseudo continuous effect shown in FIG. Winning expectation level of ready-to-win effect shown in 60 and winning expectation level of chance-up notice effect shown in FIG.

16. Inventions Shown in the Above-described Embodiments The above-described embodiments show inventions of the following means. In the description of the means described below, the corresponding structural names and expressions in the above-described embodiments and the reference numerals used in the drawings are added in parentheses for reference. However, the constituent elements of each invention are not limited to this appendix.

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The invention according to means A1 is
A game control means (game control microcomputer 81) capable of stopping and displaying an identification pattern (special pattern) indicating the result of a hit determination (big hit determination process) through a variable display;
Production control means (production control microcomputer 91) capable of controlling production,
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 1) comprising display means (image display device 7) having a display screen (7a),
The production control means is
A non-stereoscopic image (background image Ha) having a specific design (house and trees) can be displayed on the display screen (see FIG. 36(A)),
During stop display of the identification pattern, stop stereoscopic display (background stereoscopic display) is performed so that a stereoscopic image (background image Hc) having the specific design can be visually recognized at a position spaced apart in the front-rear direction with respect to the display screen. It is a gaming machine characterized by being able to (see FIG. 37(B)).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the player is made aware of the non-stereoscopic image having the specific design. On top of that, the stereoscopic image having the specific design is visually recognized by the static stereoscopic display while the identification pattern is statically displayed. In this way, it is possible to increase interest in the timing at which the player is not very conscious of the game.

The invention according to means A2 is
In the gaming machine according to means A1,
The production control means is
Towards the end of the variable display of the identification pattern (see FIG. 35), the stereoscopic image appears at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction from the state in which the non-stereoscopic image can be visually recognized on the display screen. This gaming machine is characterized by being capable of executing stereoscopic start display (background parallax display) that changes so as to be visible (see FIGS. 36B and 36C).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, toward the end of the variable display of the identification symbols, the stereoscopic start display causes the non-stereoscopic image to change so that the stereoscopic image can be visually recognized. Then, during the stop display of the identification pattern, the stereoscopic image continues to be visually recognized by the stop stereoscopic display. In this way, it is possible to show a special change in the visibility of the specific design from the end of the variable display of the identification pattern to the stop display of the identification pattern, thereby enhancing interest.

The invention according to means A3 is
In the gaming machine according to means A1 or means A2,
The production control means is
After the stationary three-dimensional display is executed during the stationary display of the identification pattern, the three-dimensional It is possible to execute a stereoscopic end display (background original parallax display) that changes the display screen so that the non-stereoscopic image can be visually recognized from the state where the visual image can be visually recognized (see FIGS. 38A and 38B). It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, after the stereoscopic image is visually recognized by the stationary stereoscopic display during the stationary display of the identification symbol, the stereoscopic image is displayed by the stereoscopic end display at the beginning of the variable display of the next identification symbol. , so that the non-stereoscopic image can be visually recognized. In this way, when the next identifying symbol starts to be variably displayed, the player can be made aware of the end of the stereoscopic image, so that the stereoscopic image can be prevented from being displayed longer than necessary.

The invention according to means A4 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means A1 to means A3,
A storage means (RAM 84) capable of storing information for executing the hit determination as a reserved storage,
The game control means is capable of controlling a special game state (jackpot game state) that is advantageous to the player when it is determined that the win is determined by the hit determination,
The production control means is
Based on the information (start winning command (see FIG. 16)) transmitted from the game control means, prefetching that suggests the possibility of being controlled to the special game state for the pending memory stored in the storage means It is possible to execute the advance notice production,
The game machine is characterized in that the stop stereoscopic display can be executed as the pre-reading announcement effect (see FIGS. 36 to 38).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the stationary three-dimensional display is executed as the pre-reading announcement effect during the stationary display of the identification symbol. As a result, the player can easily grasp the relationship that the pre-reading announcement effect is being executed if the stereoscopic image having the specific design can be visually recognized during the stop display of the identification pattern.

The invention according to means A5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means A1 to means A4,
The stop stereoscopic display is a depth parallax stop stereoscopic display (background depth stereoscopic display) in which the stereoscopic image can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen in the backward direction (see FIG. 37B). It is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, during stop display of the identification pattern, by the depth parallax stop stereoscopic display, it is not at a position away from the display screen in the front direction, but at a position away from the display screen in the rear direction. Then, the stereoscopic image is visually recognized. As a result, the stereoscopic image can be shown at a timing when the player is not aware of the game and in a direction where the player is not aware of the game.

By the way, in the gaming machine disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-005345, there is a case where, during the variable display of identification symbols, an announcement effect suggesting the possibility of winning is executed. Therefore, by paying attention to the announcement effect, the player recognizes how high the probability of winning is and enjoys it. However, in many cases, the player pays attention to the effects (for example, advance notice effect) during the variable display of the identification symbols, but hardly pays attention to the effects during the stop display of the identification symbols. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the interest of the player at the timing when the player is not conscious of the game, such as during the stationary display of the identification symbols. Therefore, the invention according to the means A1 to A5 is, for the gaming machine described in JP-A-2010-005345, the effect control means can display a non-stereoscopic image having a specific design on the display screen, and the identification symbol The difference is that, during the stop display of , a stop stereoscopic display can be executed in which a stereoscopic image having a specific design can be visually recognized at a position separated in the front-rear direction from the display screen. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of enhancing the interest of the player at a timing when the player is not very conscious of the game (producing an action and effect).

<Means B>
The invention according to means B1 is
A game control means (game control microcomputer 81) capable of controlling a special game state (jackpot game state) advantageous to the player when it is determined to be a hit in the hit determination (jackpot determination process);
Production control means (production control microcomputer 91) capable of controlling production,
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 1) comprising display means (image display device 7) having a display screen (7a),
The production control means is
It is possible to display an icon (the icon 9, the pending icon 9) indicating that the execution of the hit determination is suspended or that the hit determination has been performed;
When displaying a normal icon (a white disk-shaped icon 9) as the icon;
A stereoscopic icon (3D reserved icon) that can be viewed at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction, suggesting that the icon is more likely to be controlled to the special game state than the normal icon. 9X) is displayed (see FIG. 39(B)).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, there are cases where a stereoscopic icon that can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction is displayed. Since this stereoscopic icon suggests that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state is higher than that of the normal icon, it can give the player a sense of exhilaration. In this way, by displaying the stereoscopic icon, it is possible to provide novel interest by the icon.

The invention according to means B2 is
In the gaming machine according to means B1,
The game control means is capable of stop-displaying an identification pattern (special pattern) indicating the result of the hit determination through a variable display,
The production control means is
Along with the termination of the stop display of the identification pattern, the stereoscopic icon can be shifted in a state where it can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction (FIG. 40(A) ( B) Refer to) is a game machine characterized by the following.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the stereoscopic icon is shifted while remaining visible at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction as the stop display of the identification pattern ends. That is, after the stereoscopic icon disappears once, the stereoscopic icon does not appear at the shifted position. In this way, it is possible to provide a novel appearance in which the stereoscopic icon shifts (moves) while remaining stereoscopic.

The invention according to means B3 is
In the gaming machine according to means B1 or means B2,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the shape and pattern of the stereoscopic icon are the same or substantially the same as the shape and pattern of the normal icon (see FIG. 39(B)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the stereoscopic icon is displayed, the shape and pattern of the normal icon can be visually recognized at a position away from the display screen in the front-rear direction. Thus, by maintaining the same shape and pattern, the player can easily understand the relationship that the stereoscopic icon suggests that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state is higher than that of the normal icon. is possible.

The invention according to means B4 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to means B3,
The display modes of the stereoscopic icon include a normal display mode (white disk shape) and a special display mode (blue disk shape, green disc shape, red disc shape, rainbow color disc shape),
The production control means is
After displaying the stereoscopic icon in the normal display mode as an icon indicating that the execution of the hit determination is suspended, the stereoscopic icon in the normal display mode is displayed as an icon indicating that the hit determination has been performed. When displayed (see FIG. 41(B)), the stereoscopic icon that is the normal display mode is changed to the stereoscopic icon that is the special display mode (see FIG. 41(C)). machine.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the hit determination is performed for the stereoscopic icon in the normal display mode, the stereoscopic icon in the normal display mode is always changed to the stereoscopic icon in the special display mode. As a result, it is possible to make it easier for the player to have the impression that even the stereoscopic icon in the normal display mode is an icon suggesting that there is a high possibility of being controlled to the special game state. be.

The invention according to means B5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to means B4,
The production control means is
By combining a specific image (logo sword image LS) with the stereoscopic icon, it is possible to execute a specific form completion effect (3D icon combination effect) in which the specific form (logo sword form) can be visually recognized (Fig. 42). (B) reference),
The game machine is characterized by suggesting that the specific form completion effect will increase the possibility of being controlled to the special game state.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, it is suggested that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state increases when the specific form completion effect is executed. Therefore, it is possible for the player to expect that the specific image will be combined and the specific form will be visible when the stereoscopic icon is displayed.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in JP-A-2010-005345, on the display screen of the image display device (display means), the execution of the jackpot determination process is suspended, or the jackpot determination process is executed. It is possible to display an icon indicating that However, the icons are always visible as if they were arranged on the display screen, and they do not look new. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the interest of icons. Therefore, the invention according to the means B1 to B5 suggests that the game machine described in JP-A-2010-005345 is more likely to be controlled to the special game state than the normal icon, and the display screen The difference is that a stereoscopic icon that can be visually recognized at a position distant in the front-rear direction may be displayed. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of providing novel entertainment with icons (providing effects).

<Means C>
The invention according to means C1 is
A game control means (game control microcomputer 81) capable of controlling a special game state (jackpot game state) advantageous to the player when it is determined to be a hit in the hit determination (jackpot determination process);
Operation means (production button 63) that can be operated (depressed operation) by the player,
In a game machine (pachinko game machine 1) comprising an effect control means (effect control microcomputer 91) capable of executing an operation effect (operation timing notice effect) that prompts the operation of the operation means,
The operation period of the operation effect includes a first operation period (a period in which the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the third pending display area 17c) and a second operation period (a period in which the button pending icon 9Z is displayed in the second pending display area 17b). period shown in ), and
The production control means is
a case of executing a first notice effect (2D icon notice effect) suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the special game state based on the operation of the operation means during the operation period; and the special game state. There is a case where a second notice effect (logo sword hold effect) is executed that suggests the possibility of being controlled by
In the first operation period, it is easier to execute the first notice effect than the second notice effect (see FIG. 44(B)) based on the operation of the operation means,
In the second operation period, it is easier to execute the second notice effect than the first notice effect (see FIG. 45(C-1)) based on the operation of the operation means. It is a game machine.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, in the operation effect, when the player operates the operation means in the first operation period, the first notice effect is more likely to be executed than the second notice effect. Further, in the operation effect, when the player operates the operation means during the second operation period, the second notice effect is more likely to be executed than the first notice effect. In this way, in the operation effect, by varying the ease with which the advance notice effect is executed according to the operation timing of the operating means, it is possible to enhance the interest of the operation effect.

The invention according to means C2 is
In the gaming machine according to means C1,
The production control means is
In the first operation period, the first notice effect can be executed based on the operation of the operation means, while the second notice effect is not executed (see FIG. 44(B)). ,
In the second operation period, the second notice effect can be executed based on the operation of the operation means, while the first notice effect is not executed (FIG. 45 (C-1)). See) is a gaming machine characterized by

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, in the operation performance, when the player operates the operation means during the first operation period, the first notice performance may be executed, while the second notice performance may be executed. There is no Further, in the operation effect, when the player operates the operation means during the second operation period, the second notice effect may be executed, but the first notice effect is not executed. In this way, in the operation performance, the player can select the type of advance notice performance that matches his/her preference by considering at what timing the operation means is to be operated, so that the interest of the operation performance can be enhanced.

The invention according to means C3 is
In the gaming machine according to means C1 or means C2,
A storage means (RAM 84) capable of storing information for executing the hit determination as a reserved storage,
The production control means is
As the first notice effect, based on the information (start winning command (see FIG. 16)) transmitted from the game control means, a specific hold memory stored in the storage means (target of operation timing notice effect It is possible to execute a first pre-reading announcement effect (2D icon announcement effect) that suggests the possibility of being controlled to the special game state with respect to judgment information such as a jackpot random number that has been hit),
As the second notice effect, based on the information (start winning command (see FIG. 16)) transmitted from the game control means, suggests the possibility of being controlled to the special game state for the specific reserved memory This game machine is capable of executing a second look-ahead notice effect (logo sword holding effect).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the player operates the operation means during the first operation period of the operation effect, the first look-ahead forewarning effect for the specific reserved memory is likely to be executed. Further, when the player operates the operation means during the second operation period of the operation effect, the second look-ahead forewarning effect for the specific reserved memory is likely to be executed. In this way, by varying the ease with which the pre-reading advance notice effect is executed according to the operation timing of the operating means, it is possible to enhance the interest of the pre-reading notice effect and the operation effect.

The invention according to means C4 is
In the gaming machine according to means C3,
The game control means is capable of stop-displaying an identification pattern (special pattern) indicating the result of the hit determination through a variable display,
there is a pending display area (17a to 17d) capable of displaying a pending icon indicating the pending storage;
The suspension display area includes a first display area (third suspension display area 17c) and a second display in which the suspension icon displayed in the first display area can be shifted after the stop display of the identification symbol. There is an area (second reserved display area 17b),
The first operation period is when the suspension icon indicating the specific suspension storage is displayed in the first display area (the period during which the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the third suspension display area 17c). ,
The second operation period is when the suspension icon indicating the specific suspension storage is displayed in the second display area (the period during which the button suspension icon 9Z is displayed in the second suspension display area 17b). It is a game machine characterized by being.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the player operates the operating means while the reserved icon indicating the specific reserved memory is displayed in the first display area, the first look-ahead notice effect is likely to be executed. Further, when the player operates the operating means while the reserved icon indicating the specific reserved memory is displayed in the second display area, the second look-ahead notice effect is likely to be executed. In this way, by associating the pending display area with the type of pre-reading advance notice effect that is likely to be executed, it is possible to make it easy to understand which pre-reading notice effect is likely to be executed by operating the operation means at what timing. .

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2016-159174, an operation effect may be executed to prompt the operation of the operation means. In this operation effect, based on the operation of the operation means by the player, a notice effect suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the big win game state (special game state) can be executed. However, in the operation effect, the kind of notice effect that can be executed does not change regardless of the timing of the operation performed by the player. Therefore, the player is not very conscious of the operation timing of the operation means, and there is room for improvement in terms of the interest of the operation presentation. Therefore, the invention according to means C1 to C4 is based on the operation means being operated in the operation period with respect to the gaming machine described in JP 2016-159174 A. Possibility of being controlled to a special game state There is a case of executing the first notice effect suggesting that there is a possibility of being controlled to the special game state, and a case of executing the second notice effect suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the special game state. Based on this, the first notice effect is easier to execute than the second notice effect, and in the second operation period, the second notice effect is executed more than the first notice effect based on the operation of the operating means. They differ in ease. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of enhancing the interest of the operation presentation (to produce an action and effect).

<Means D>
The invention according to means D1 is
A game control means (game control microcomputer 81) capable of controlling a special game state (special game state) advantageous to the player when it is determined to be a hit in the hit determination (big hit determination process);
Advantageous effects suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the special game state (pseudo-continuous 2-time pseudo-continuous effect, pseudo-continuous 3-time pseudo-continuous effect, SP reach effect, logo SP reach effect, full rotation reach effect, board movable In a game machine (pachinko game machine 1) provided with a performance control means (a performance control microcomputer 91) capable of executing a body driving performance, a logo sword operation promotion performance, a frame movable body driving performance,
The production control means is
It is possible to display preliminary advantageous images (advantageous icons 9a to 9h) indicating in advance which advantageous effects are to be executed,
It is possible to display a preliminary standby image (always return icon 9A, icon 9B that does not return to SP) that indicates in advance that the preliminary advantageous image will be displayed,
The preliminary standby image indicates that the preliminary advantageous image is not displayed in the first effect section (pre-SP reachable section), while the second effect section (SP The gaming machine is characterized in that there is a special preliminary standby image (icon 9B that does not return to SP) indicating that the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the post-reach interval).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the special pre-standby image is displayed, the pre-advantage effect which indicates in advance which advantageous effect is to be executed until the second effect interval which is after the first effect interval is reached. No image is displayed. As a result, the player who has seen the special pre-standby image can be aroused in anticipation until the pre-advantage image is displayed, and it is possible to heighten the amusement of the game until the advantageous effect is executed. be.

The invention according to means D2 is
In the gaming machine described in means D1,
A game characterized in that the preliminary standby image includes a normal preliminary standby image (always return icon 9A) indicating that the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the first effect section or the second effect section. machine.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the normal preliminary standby image is displayed, the preliminary advantageous image may be displayed in either the first effect section or the second effect section. On the other hand, when the special pre-standby image is displayed, the pre-advantageous image is not displayed until the second effect section is reached. Thus, when the special pre-standby image is displayed, it is easier to know which advantageous effect is to be executed later than when the normal pre-standby image is displayed, and the advantageous effect is executed. It is possible to stir up a sense of expectation even more.

The invention according to means D3 is
In the gaming machine according to means D2,
The production control means is
The gaming machine is characterized in that the normal preliminary standby image may be changed to the special preliminary standby image (see FIGS. 56A, 56B, and 56C).

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the normal preliminary standby image may change to the special preliminary standby image. In this case, the player who thought that the preliminary advantageous image may be displayed in either the first performance section or the second performance section is informed that the preliminary advantageous image will not be displayed until the second performance section. quickly comprehend. As a result, it is possible to make the player feel as if the timing of finding out which advantageous effect is to be executed has been postponed, and to provide a novel game interest.

The invention according to means D4 is
In the gaming machine according to means D2 or D3,
The advantageous effects include a special advantageous effect (full-rotation ready-to-reach effect, frame movable body drive effect, LOGO sword role object operation promotion effect) and a lower possibility of being controlled to the special game state than the special advantageous effect. There is a normal advantageous effect (pseudo-continuous two-time pseudo-continuous effect, pseudo-continuous three-time pseudo-continuous effect),
The production control means is
When the normal preliminary standby image is displayed, a preliminary advantageous image (pseudo-2 icon 9a, pseudo-3 icon 9b) indicating that the normal advantageous effect is to be executed may be displayed (see FIG. 47A). ) On the other hand, when the special pre-standby image is displayed, the pre-advantage image suggesting execution of the normal advantageous effect is not displayed (see FIG. 47(B)). .

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, when the special pre-standby image is displayed, unlike when the normal pre-standby image is displayed, the pre-advantageous image indicating that the normal advantageous effect is to be executed may be displayed. do not have. Therefore, the player who sees the special pre-standby image does not see the pre-advantageous image indicating that the normal advantageous effect will be executed, and the possibility of being controlled to the special game state is not as high as expected. It is possible to prevent things from happening.

The invention according to means D5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means D1 to means D4,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a development effect (SP ready-to-win effect) that suggests that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state increases,
The first production section is a production section (pre-SP reach section) before the development production is started,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the second effect section is a effect section (post-SP reach section) after the development effect is started.

The invention according to means D6 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means D1 to means D5,
The production control means is
The special preliminary standby image can be displayed as a suspension icon indicating that execution of the hit determination is suspended,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the first effect interval and the second effect interval are effect intervals after the hit determination corresponding to the special preliminary standby image is executed.

According to the gaming machine with this configuration, the special preliminary standby image is displayed as the pending icon. In this case, after the hit determination corresponding to the special pre-standby image (suspended icon) is executed, the first effect section is passed through to the second effect section where the pre-standby image is displayed. In this way, the player who sees the hold icon, which is the special pre-standby image, expects that the corresponding hit determination will be executed quickly and that the pre-advantage image will be displayed early in the second effect section. It is possible to have high hopes.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2016-159174, there is a case where a pre-advantage image indicating in advance that the advance notice effect will be executed is displayed. As a result, the player can grasp in advance the announcement effect to be executed by looking at the preliminary advantageous image. However, the advance advantage image was suddenly displayed to the player. Therefore, it is difficult for the player to expect the display of the pre-advantage image. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the amusement of the game from the display of the pre-advantageous image to the execution of the advantageous effect. Therefore, the invention according to means D1 to D6 is capable of displaying a preliminary standby image that indicates in advance that a preliminary advantageous image will be displayed on the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-159174. shows that the preliminary advantageous image is not displayed in the first effect section, while there is a special preliminary standby image that shows that the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the second effect section, which is after the first effect section. They differ in some respects. As a result, it is possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of increasing the enjoyment of the game until the advantageous effect is executed (provides an effect).

1... Pachinko machine 7... Image display device 7a... Display screen 9... Relevant icon, pending icons 9a-9h... Advantageous icon 9A... Always return icon 9B... No return to SP icon 9X... 3D relevant icon 9Y... 3D pending icon 9Z ... Button reservation icon 17x ... Display areas 17a to 17d ... Reservation display area 30 ... Big winning opening 63 ... Production button 81 ... Game control microcomputer 84 ... RAM
91... Production control microcomputer 300... Logo sword characters Ha, Hb, Hc, Hd... Background image LS... Logo sword image

Claims (6)

a game control means capable of controlling a special game state advantageous to a player when a hit is determined by a hit determination;
In a gaming machine comprising an effect control means capable of executing an advantageous effect suggesting the possibility of being controlled to the special game state,
The production control means is
It is possible to display a prior advantageous image indicating in advance which advantageous effect is to be executed,
It is possible to display a preliminary standby image that indicates in advance that the preliminary advantageous image will be displayed;
The preliminary standby image indicates that the preliminary advantageous image is not displayed in the first rendering section, while the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the second rendering section which is after the first rendering section. A gaming machine characterized in that there is a special preliminary standby image indicating that the game will be played. In the gaming machine according to claim 1,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the preliminary standby image includes a normal preliminary standby image indicating that the preliminary advantageous image is displayed in the first effect section or the second effect section. In the gaming machine according to claim 2,
The production control means is
A gaming machine characterized in that the normal preliminary standby image may be changed to the special preliminary standby image. In the gaming machine according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The advantageous effects include a special advantageous effect and a normal advantageous effect suggesting that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state is lower than the special advantageous effect,
The production control means is
When the normal pre-standby image is displayed, the pre-advantageous image indicating that the normal advantageous effect is to be executed may be displayed, while when the special pre-standby image is displayed, the normal advantageous effect is displayed. A gaming machine characterized in that it does not display a pre-advantage image suggesting that a is executed. In the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The production control means is
It is possible to execute a development effect that suggests that the possibility of being controlled to the special game state increases,
The first production section is a production section before the development production is started,
The gaming machine, wherein the second effect section is a effect section after the development effect is started. In the gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The production control means is
The special preliminary standby image can be displayed as a suspension icon indicating that execution of the hit determination is suspended,
The gaming machine, wherein the first effect section and the second effect section are effect sections after the hit determination corresponding to the special preliminary standby image is executed.

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