JP2023101687A - game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To enhance an interest in a game.SOLUTION: That a battle image BL1 is displayed in a ready-to-win performance in response to a fact that an image of a battle notice performance is displayed is suggested to a player beforehand. The battle image BL1 suggests, to the player, big winning at a high probability compared with an image of a pre-battle performance, and expectation of the player is heightened when viewing the image of the battle notice performance. When the image of the battle notice performance is displayed, the ready-to-win performance is executed at a high probability by a performance pattern 3. In the performance pattern 3, the battle image BL1 is displayed without displaying the image of the pre-battle performance. When the image of the battle notice performance is displayed, a probability of viewing the battle image BL1 more interesting to the player without viewing the image of the pre-battle performance less interesting to the player increases, thereby enhancing the interest in the game on the whole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 42

Description

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

Some of the above-mentioned gaming machines have a configuration in which win/fail is determined each time a starting condition is established, and the result of the win/fail determination is notified to the player by displaying an image of the symbol game each time a win/fail determination is made. This game machine has a configuration that suggests to the player that a win is notified by displaying a ready-to-win effect image during the symbol game.

JP 2010-17425 A

Some conventional gaming machines are configured to perform advance notice effects. This advance notice performance only heightens the player's sense of expectation for the hit in response to suggesting to the player that the image of the ready-to-win performance will be displayed, and there is room for improvement in terms of taste.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine capable of improving the entertainment of games.

The gaming machine of the present invention (Embodiments 4 and 5) comprises determination means (main control circuit 40) for setting a state advantageous to the player (state of the jackpot game) when the game ball enters the second start port 23 in the stopped state of all of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game, and the small win game, each time the start condition is satisfied (every time the game ball enters the second start port 23 in the stopped state of all of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game, and the small win game), pattern game means (sub-control circuit 60) for displaying an image of a pattern game (effect pattern game) that notifies the result of determination, and a ready-to-win effect image that preliminarily suggests to the player that a win is notified by the image of the symbol game is ``preceding pattern (pre-battle effect) image and post-effect image (battle image BL1) are displayed ahead of time (effect pattern 1)'' and ``preceding pattern (effect pattern 1) of displaying only the preceding effect image out of both images (effect pattern 2). or a post-pattern (production pattern 3) in which only the image of the post-production out of both images is displayed, and a notice effect means (sub-control circuit 60) for performing a notice effect (battle notice effect) to suggest to the player that the post-image will be displayed in the reach effect (sub-control circuit 60), and when the notice effect is executed, the reach effect means can produce the ready-to-win effect in each of the preceding/succeeding pattern, the preceding pattern, and the post-pattern, and the post pattern has a high probability. It is characterized in that it is produced with a lower probability than the latter pattern by the preceding and succeeding patterns.
According to the above means, the player is suggested in advance that the post-image will be displayed in the ready-to-win effect in response to the execution of the advance notice effect. When the post-image suggests a win to the player with a high probability, the player's sense of anticipation is heightened in response to recognition of the advance notice effect. When this advance notice effect is performed, the ready-to-win effect is produced with a low probability by the front and rear pattern, and is produced with a high probability by the rear pattern. The preceding/succeeding pattern displays a preceding image in which the player has a low interest and a post-image in which the player is highly interested, ahead of one another in terms of time, and the post-pattern displays the post-image without displaying the pre-image, and when the announcement performance is performed, the probability that the player will see the post-image in which the player has a high interest without seeing the preceding image in which the player has a low interest is increased, so that the amusement of the game is improved as a whole.

1 is a diagram showing Embodiment 1 of the present invention (a perspective view showing the appearance of a pachinko game machine); FIG. Illustration showing a game board Diagram showing the front frame Block diagram showing electrical configuration (a) shows a list of random number counters, (b) shows a normal pattern hit determination table, (c) shows a normal pattern fluctuation display time table, (d) shows a normal pattern game pattern table, (e) shows a big hit determination table, (f) shows a fall determination table, (g) shows a special figure 1 big hit type table, (h) shows a special figure 2 big hit type table, (i) shows a special figure 1 area Figure, (j) shows the special figure 2 area (a) shows the special figure 1 variation pattern table, (b) shows the special figure 2 variation pattern table 1, (c) shows the special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 (a) is a diagram showing a game pattern table, (b) is a flowchart showing the main processing of the main control circuit Flowchart showing timer interrupt processing of the main control circuit (a) is a flowchart showing special figure 2 processing of the main control circuit, (b) is a flowchart showing special figure 1 processing Flowchart showing fluctuation pattern table processing of the main control circuit Flowchart showing time saving number update processing of the main control circuit Flowchart showing fall determination processing of the main control circuit (a) is a diagram for explaining the transition of the game mode, (b) (c) is a diagram for explaining the transition of the production mode (a) ~ (d) is a diagram showing the background image of the production pattern game, (e) is a diagram showing a list of the production contents of the production pattern game A diagram for explaining the normal effect and the all-view simultaneous stop effect. A diagram for explaining the normal reach effect A diagram for explaining the special reach effect (battle effect) (a to b) are diagrams for explaining the super time-saving production, (c) is for explaining the jackpot game production, and (d to e) are diagrams showing the special figure prefetch reception area. Diagram for explaining the production mode Diagram for explaining lucky mode Diagram for explaining Super Lucky Mode Illustration for explaining Ultra Lucky Mode Diagram for explaining pending prefetching notice effect (normal mode) Diagram for explaining pending prefetching notice effect (SP normal mode) Flowchart showing pending prefetching notice processing Diagram for explaining the flow of production mode Diagram for explaining the mode lottery effect Flowchart showing mode determination processing Flowchart showing mode determination processing (a to b) are diagrams showing mode tables, and (c) is a flowchart showing mode stop processing. Diagram for explaining the flow of production mode Diagram for explaining the flow of Super Lucky Mode with images Diagram for explaining the flow of production mode (a) is a flowchart showing main processing, and (b) is a flowchart showing timer interrupt processing. (a) is a flowchart showing received command analysis processing, (b) is a flowchart showing symbol game effect start processing Diagrams showing Embodiment 2 (a to c are diagrams for explaining the big-hit announcement effect, d is a flowchart showing the big-hit announcement process) (a to c) are diagrams for explaining rush mode, and (d) is a flow chart showing rush mode processing. (a to b) are diagrams for explaining the RTC mode, and (c) is a flowchart showing the RTC mode processing. Flowchart showing mode transition processing Figures (a to c) showing the third embodiment are diagrams for explaining the pending notice effect, and (d) is a flowchart showing the pending notice process. Diagram showing embodiment 4 (diagram for explaining pre-battle effect) (a to h) are diagrams for explaining the flow of images in the production pattern game, and (i) is a diagram showing the production timing. A diagram for explaining the battle notice effect and the pre-battle notice effect Flowchart showing pre-battle effect processing Diagram showing special figure variation pattern classification table A diagram showing a notice production table FIG. 42 equivalent view showing Example 5 Diagram showing embodiment 6 (flowchart showing jackpot symbol setting process) Diagram for explaining the count-up reach production Diagram for explaining the battle production after the count-up reach production (a) ~ (e) are diagrams for explaining the battle production after the count-up reach production, (f) is a diagram showing the special figure fluctuation pattern change table Flowchart showing count-up reach effect processing FIG. 49 equivalent view showing Embodiment 7 Fig. 50 equivalent view Fig. 51 equivalent view FIG. 50 equivalent view showing embodiment 8 FIG. 53 equivalent view showing embodiment 9 Figures showing Example 10 (a to c show background images of production pattern games, d to e show pattern groups) (a) is a flowchart showing production mode determination processing, (b) is a flowchart showing production mode processing 1 (a) is a flowchart showing production mode processing 2, (b) is a flowchart showing production mode processing 3 Flowchart showing production mode change processing Figures showing the eleventh embodiment (a is a view corresponding to FIG. 61, b is a view showing mode change timing) Diagram showing embodiment 12 (diagram for explaining pending look-ahead effect) (a) is a flowchart showing production mode change processing 0, (b) to (d) are diagrams showing changes in the background image during pending prefetch production

[Example 1]
1. Mechanical Configuration of Game Machine The outer frame 1 in FIG. 1 is installed on the island of a pachinko hall. The outer frame 1 is in the shape of a vertically elongated rectangular frame with open front and rear surfaces. The inner frame 3 is in the shape of a rectangular container having an opening on the front surface, and is rotatable with respect to the outer frame 1 about the vertical axis of the hinge fitting 2 between a storage position stored in the outer frame 1 and a drawn-out position drawn forward from the outer frame 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the inner frame 3 is provided with a vertical flat plate-shaped game board 4 . The game board 4 is made of colorless and transparent synthetic resin, and closes the front opening of the inner frame 3 from the front.

A front frame 5 is attached to the hinge fitting 2 as shown in FIG. The front frame 5 is in the shape of a rectangular frame having an opening 6. A colorless and transparent window plate 7 is fixed to the front frame 5 to cover the opening 6. As shown in FIG. The front frame 5 is rotatable between a closed state covering the game board 4 from the front and an open state opening the game board 4 around the vertical axis of the hinge metal fitting 2, and the window plate 7 faces the game board 4 from the front with a gap in the closed state of the front frame 5.例文帳に追加As shown in FIG. 3, an upper tray 8 and a lower tray 9 are fixed to the front frame 5 in two stages. The upper tray 8 stores game balls, the lower tray 9 stores game balls that the upper tray 8 cannot store, and the upper tray 8 is equipped with an operation button 10 that can be operated by a player.

A launcher (not shown) is attached to the front frame 5 . This shooting device has a ball-striking hammer for striking a game ball and a shooting motor for operating the ball-striking hammer. This shooting device supplies a new game ball to the hitting mallet every time the hitting mallet hits a game ball, and a shooting handle 11 is connected to the shooting device, as shown in FIG. The shooting handle 11 is attached to the lower right corner of the front frame 5 so as to be rotatable around an axis oriented in the front-rear direction, and the striking force with which the ball-striking hammer hits the game ball is adjusted according to the amount of clockwise operation (rotational angle) of the shooting handle 11. - 特許庁

An outer rail 12 and an inner rail 13 are fixed to the front surface of the game board 4, as shown in FIG. An arc-shaped shooting path 14 is formed between the outer rail 12 and the inner rail 13, and a game ball struck by the ball-striking mallet rises in the shooting path 14 from bottom to top. These outer rails 12 and inner rails 13 define a game area 15 on the front surface of the game board 4 . The game area 15 is a circular area connected to the exit at the upper end of the shooting passage 14 , and game balls rising in the shooting passage 14 are released into the game area 15 from the exit of the shooting passage 14 . A plurality of game nails (not shown) are driven into the game area 15, and the game ball released into the game area 15 falls within the game area 15 while colliding with the plurality of game nails.

In the game area 15, as shown in FIG. 2, a left hitting area 16 and a right hitting area 17 are set. A left-handed hitting area 16 is an area on the left side of the center line in the horizontal direction in the game area 15, and a game ball is released into the left-handed hitting area 16 from the exit of the shooting passage 14 when the amount of clockwise operation of the shooting handle 11 is small. The hitting method in which the game ball is released into the left hitting area 16 is called left hitting. A right hitting area 17 is an area on the right side of the center line in the horizontal direction in the game area 15, and when the amount of clockwise operation of the shooting handle 11 is large, game balls pass through the left hitting area 16 from the outlet of the shooting passage 14 and are released into the right hitting area 17.例文帳に追加The hitting method in which the game ball is released into the right hitting area 17 is called right hitting.

In the game area 15, as shown in FIG. 2, a first starting port 18 corresponding to the starting area is fixed. The first starting port 18 has a pocket shape with an open upper surface, and a game ball can be entered from the upper surface. The first starting port 18 is arranged straddling the left-handed region 16 and the right-handed region 17, and the game ball can be easily entered into the first starting port 18 from the entrance on the upper surface in the left-handed state, but is difficult to enter in the right-handed state.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the right-handed area 17, a large winning opening 19 corresponding to the ball entry area is fixed. The big prize winning opening 19 is in the shape of a horizontally long box with an open front and has a door plate 20 . The door plate 20 is rotatable about a horizontal shaft (not shown) at the lower end between a vertical closed state and a horizontal open state, and closes the front entrance of the big winning opening 19 in a closed state so that game balls cannot enter. When the game ball is struck to the right with the door plate 20 open, the game ball falls on the door plate 20 and enters the entrance of the big prize opening 19 as it rolls from front to back along the door plate 20.例文帳に追加In other words, the big winning hole 19 allows the game ball to enter when the game ball is hit to the right. A V winning opening (not shown) is provided in the big winning opening 19 . The V winning opening is an opening into which a game ball entered into the big winning opening 19 can fall, and has a V door plate (not shown). This V door plate is movable between a closed position for closing the V winning port so that the game balls cannot fall and an open position for opening the game balls so that the game balls can fall, and the game ball entering the big winning port 19 can fall into the V winning port at the open position of the V door plate and cannot fall into the V winning port at the closed position of the V door plate.

In the right-handed area 17, as shown in FIG. 2, a guide plate 21 is fixed below the big winning opening 19. As shown in FIG. The guide plate 21 is downwardly inclined from right to left, and when the game ball is hit to the right, the game ball rolls from right to left along the guide plate 21 after falling on the guide plate 21 . In the right hitting area 17, a normal figure start opening 22 is fixed above the big winning opening 19. - 特許庁The normal figure starting port 22 is in the shape of a U-shaped frame whose upper and lower surfaces are open, and allows the game ball to pass through from the upper surface to the lower surface when the game ball is struck to the right.

In the game area 15, as shown in FIG. 2, a second starting opening 23 corresponding to the starting area located below the first starting opening 18 is fixed. The second starting port 23 has an open upper surface and is provided with an opening/closing member 24 . The opening/closing member 24 is movable between a retracted state in which the opening/closing member 24 is retracted forward from the front surface of the game board 4 and an retracted state in which the opening/closing member 24 is retracted to the rear, and the upper entrance of the second starting port 23 is closed in such a state that the opening/closing member 24 is retracted so that the game ball cannot enter. The entrance of the second start port 23 is opened when the opening/closing member 24 is retracted, and the game ball enters the entrance of the second start port 23 as it rolls from right to left along the guide plate 21 when the second start port 23 is hit rightward with the second start port 23 open.

An LED indicator 25 is fixed to the game board 4 as shown in FIG. This LED indicator 25 is arranged outside the game area 15, and the judgment result of winning or losing is displayed on the LED indicator 25. FIG. A decorative frame 26 is fixed to the game board 4. - 特許庁This decorative frame 26 is colored and opaque and has an opening 27 . The decorative frame 26 has a frame shape surrounding the display area E of the production pattern display 28 when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 1, the effect pattern display 28 is a color liquid crystal display fixed within the inner frame 3, and the display area E is set in a horizontally long rectangular shape. The performance pattern display 28 corresponds to a display device, and the display area E of the performance pattern display 28 is made visible to the player through the window plate 7, the opening 27 of the decoration frame 26 and the game board 4. - 特許庁

An illumination device 29 is fixed to the front frame 5 as shown in FIG. The illumination device 29 is arranged at the upper end portion of the front frame 5 and has a plurality of hemispherical LED covers 30 . Each of these LED covers 30 is set to a translucent white color, and each LED cover 30 accommodates an LED 31 . Each of these LEDs 31 is a full-color LED whose color and brightness are controllable, and each LED cover 30 is illuminated in a manner corresponding to the emission color and brightness of the LEDs 31 in accordance with the light emission of the LEDs 31 therein. Two speakers 32 are fixed to the front frame 5 . The two speakers 32 face each other in the left-right direction with the illumination device 29 interposed therebetween, and each speaker 32 outputs sound toward the front.

Inside the inner frame 3, as shown in FIG. The advance notice effector 33 has a colored transparent hemispherical decorative member 34, and is vertically movable between an upper limit position (see two-dot chain line) and a lower limit position (see solid line). The upper limit position of this notice effect device 33 is set above the display area E of the effect symbol display device 28, and the notice effect device 33 becomes invisible to the player at the upper limit position. The lower limit position of the notice effect device 33 is set to a position overlapping the display area E of the effect symbol display device 28 from the front, and the notice effect device 33 can be visually recognized by the player at the lower limit position. A full-color LED 35 (see FIG. 4) whose color and brightness are controllable is accommodated in the decorative member 34 of the notice effector 33 . The LED 35 corresponds to a light source, and the decorative member 34 emits light in a color corresponding to the lighting color of the LED 35 when the LED 35 is turned on. The decorative member 34 is connected to a pulse motor 36 (see FIG. 4) via an elevating mechanism (not shown), and is operated to move between upper and lower limits as the pulse motor 36 is driven and controlled in forward and reverse directions.

2. Electrical Configuration of Game Machine The main control circuit 40 in FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and has a ROM, a RAM, a CPU and an I/O. This main control circuit 40 controls game contents such as special figure 1 lottery, special figure 2 lottery, special figure variable display, big win game, small win game, game state setting, normal figure lottery, normal figure variable display, normal figure game, etc., and corresponds to a game control means. The ROM of the main control circuit 40 stores a program for main processing, a program for timer interrupt processing, a normal pattern hit determination table, a normal pattern variation display time table, a normal pattern game pattern table, a big hit determination table, a fall determination table, a special figure 1 jackpot type table, a special figure 2 big hit type table, a special figure 1 variation pattern table, a special figure 2 variation pattern table 1, a special figure 2 variation pattern table 2, and a game pattern table. is set.

As shown in FIG. 4, the main control circuit 40 is connected with a first start sensor 41, a second start sensor 42, a normal sensor 43, a big prize sensor 44, and a V prize sensor 48. A first starting hole sensor 41 detects a game ball entering the first starting hole 18, a second starting hole sensor 42 detects a game ball entering the second starting hole 23, a normal starting hole sensor 43 detects a game ball passing through the normal starting hole 22, a large winning hole sensor 44 detects a game ball entering the big winning hole 19, and a V winning hole sensor 48 detects a game ball falling into the V winning hole. The main control circuit 40 is connected with a starting solenoid 45 , a large winning solenoid 46 and a V winning solenoid 47 . The starter solenoid 45 opens and closes the opening/closing member 24 of the second starter 23, the big winning prize solenoid 46 opens and closes the door plate 20 of the big winning prize port 19, and the V winning prize solenoid 47 opens and closes the V door plate of the V prize winning port. An LED indicator 25 is connected to the main control circuit 40, and the main control circuit 40 controls the display contents of the LED indicator 25 to perform a special figure variable display.

The payout control circuit 50 of FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The payout control circuit 50 has a ROM, a RAM and a CPU, and the main control circuit 40 transmits a payout command to the payout control circuit 50 when detecting signals from the first starting hole sensor 41, the second starting hole sensor 42 and the big winning hole sensor 44. A prize ball putting-out device 51 is connected to the putting-out control circuit 50, and when a putting-out command from the main control circuit 40 is detected, the putting-out control circuit 40 drives and controls the prize ball putting-out device 51 to put out a unit number of game balls as prize balls in an upper tray 8.例文帳に追加

The sub-control circuit 60 of FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, the main control circuit 40 transmits a command corresponding to the progress of the game to the sub-control circuit 60, and the sub-control circuit 60 sets the display contents of the performance symbol display 28, the illumination contents of the illumination device 29, the ringing contents of the speaker 32, and the operation contents of the notice performance device 33 according to the command from the main control circuit 40. This sub-control circuit 60 has ROM, RAM, CPU, I/O, RTC, drive circuit, PWM circuit, speaker circuit, and motor circuit, and the ROM stores programs for main processing, reception interrupt processing, and timer interrupt processing. The RAM functions as a work memory, and the CPU executes programs in the ROM for main processing to timer interrupt processing according to commands from the main control circuit 40 . The operation button 10 is connected to the sub-control circuit 60 , and the sub-control circuit 60 detects the operation content of the operation button 10 according to the electric signal from the operation button 10 .

The drive circuit of FIG. 4 is based on a microcomputer. This drive circuit controls the effect pattern display 28 according to the setting result of the display contents of the sub-control circuit 60, and has ROM, RAM, CPU, CGROM, CGRAM and VDP. The ROM stores an image control program for specifying image data, the RAM functions as a work memory, and the CPU executes the ROM program. The CGROM stores image data for displaying images on the performance symbol display 28, and the VDP reads out the image data from the CGROM in response to commands from the CPU. This VDP develops the read result of image data in a CGRAM, synthesizes the development result of the image data, draws it in a frame buffer of the CGRAM, outputs the drawing result of the image as an RGB signal to a production pattern display 28, and the production pattern display 28 displays the image in color according to the RGB signal from the VDP.

The PWM circuit of FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and according to the PWM control of the colors and brightness of the plurality of LEDs 31 of the illumination device 29, the plurality of LED covers 30 of the illumination device 29 emit light according to the setting result of the illumination content, and the decorative member 34 of the notice effect device 33 emits light according to the setting result of the illumination content according to the PWM control of the color and brightness of the LED 35 of the notice effect device 33. The speaker circuit of FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and controls both speakers 32 to output sounds with a scale, volume, and timbre corresponding to the setting result of ringing content from both speakers 32 . The motor circuit of FIG. 4 is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and operates to move the notice effector 33 between the upper limit position and the lower limit position in accordance with driving control of the pulse motor 36 in forward and reverse directions.

3. Game function 3-1. Universal game 3-1-1. When the normal pattern lottery game ball passes through the normal pattern start port 22, the value of the normal pattern random number in FIG. 5 (a) is acquired, and the determination result of the general pattern right or wrong according to the acquisition result of the value of the normal pattern random number from the normal pattern hit determination table in FIG. 5 (b) is obtained. A non-electrical support state and an electric support state are set in this general map hit determination table, and in the electric support state, the determination result of the general map is obtained with a higher probability than in the non-electric support state.

3-1-2. Normal pattern fluctuation display Normal pattern fluctuation display is started when the determination result of normal pattern propriety is acquired. In this normal pattern variation display, a plurality of predetermined LEDs of the LED display device 25 start blinking in a predetermined pattern and then stop blinking in one of the modes of ``normal pattern hit'' and ``normal pattern loss'', and the predetermined plurality of LEDs stop blinking in ``normal pattern hit mode'' when ``normal pattern hit'' is determined, and blinking is stopped in ``normal pattern deviation mode'' when determined as ``normal pattern deviation''. The required time for this normal pattern fluctuation display is obtained from the normal pattern fluctuation display time table of FIG. 5(c). This normal map fluctuation display time table assigns the normal map fluctuation time to each of the "electrical support state" and the "non-electrical support state", and in the "electrical support state", the normal map fluctuation display time is shorter than the "non-electrical support state".

3-1-3. When the normal pattern fluctuation display is stopped in the mode of ``win normal pattern'', the normal pattern game pattern corresponding to the current game state is selected from the normal pattern game pattern table of FIG. In this normal game, the second starting port 23 is opened, and in the ``electrical support state'', the second starting port 23 is opened once for a long time (6 seconds) as a normal game, and in the ``non-electrical support state'', the second starting port 23 is opened once for a short time (1 second) as a normal game.

3-2. Special Figure 1 Game 3-2-1. Acquisition of special figure 1 game data When the game ball is effectively entered into the first start port 18, the value of the special figure random number, the value of the jackpot type random number, the value of the fall random number, and the value of the variation pattern random number in FIG. In this RAM, as shown in FIG. 5 (i), special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4 are set, and the special figure 1 game data is stored in the order of "special figure 1 reservation area 4", "special figure 1 reservation area 3", "special figure 1 reservation area 2", and "special figure 1 reservation area 1" in the order of acquisition. That is, when the special figure 1 game data is stored in all the special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4, the special figure 1 game data of the "special figure 1 reservation area 4" is the oldest, and the special figure 1 game data of the "special figure 1 reservation area 1" is the newest. The state in which the special figure 1 game data is stored in all of these special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4 is called the special figure 1 reservation number "4", the state in which the special figure 1 game data is stored in three of the special figure 1 reservation areas 2 to 4 is called the special figure 1 reservation number to be "3", and the state in which the special figure 1 game data is stored in two of the special figure 1 reservation areas 3 to 4 is called the special figure 1 reservation number to be "2", and the special figure 1 reservation area. The state in which the special figure 1 game data is stored in one of 4 is called the special figure 1 reservation number "1", and the special figure 1 reservation number is "0" when the special figure 1 game data is not stored in any of the special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4.

3-2-2. Special figure 1 lottery When the special figure 1 game data is stored in the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", the special figure 1 lottery is performed on the condition that the game is currently stopped. This game stop state refers to a state in which the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game and the small win game are all stopped, and the special figure 1 lottery is permitted during the normal figure game. This game stop state corresponds to a playable state, and the state in which any one of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game and the small win game is performed corresponds to the game impossible state.

When the special figure 1 game data is stored in the "special figure 1 reservation area 4" in the game stop state, the storage result of the special figure random number value is detected from the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", and in the "high probability state", one of the judgment results of "big hit", "small hit", and "off" is obtained according to the detection result of the value of the special figure random number from the jackpot judgment table for the high probability state in FIG. A determination result of one of "big win", "minor win", and "loss" is acquired according to the detection result of the value of the random number. The judging probability of the big win in this ``normal probability state'' is set lower than the judging probability of the big win in the ``high probability state'', and the judging probability of the small win is set to be the same between the normal probability state and the high probability state. The jackpot probability in this high probability state is "40/1201", and the jackpot probability in the normal probability state is "3/1201".

When the judgment result of ``big hit'' is obtained from the jackpot judgment table, the storage result of the value of the jackpot type random number is detected from the ``special figure 1 reservation area 4'', and the jackpot type corresponding to the detection result of the value of the jackpot type random number is obtained from the special figure 1 jackpot classification table of FIG. 5(g). Three types of jackpot types, ``jackpot pattern 1'', ``jackpot pattern 2'', and ``jackpot pattern 3'' are set in this special figure 1 jackpot classification table, and when ``jackpot pattern 1'' is acquired and when ``jackpot pattern 3'' is selected, ``electrical support state 1'' and ``high probability state'' are set respectively, and when ``jackpot pattern 2'' is obtained, ``electrical support state 2'' and ``normal probability state'' are set. .

When the big hit type is determined according to the acquisition of the determination result of "big hit", the storage result of the value of the variation pattern random number is detected from the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", and the special figure variation pattern and the special figure variation display time according to the detection result of the value of the variation pattern random number are selected from the special figure 1 variation pattern table of FIG. 6 (a). When the determination result of "out" is acquired, the storage result of the value of the variation pattern random number is detected from the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", and the special figure variation pattern and the special figure variation display time according to the detection result of the value of the variation pattern random number are selected from the special figure 1 variation pattern table in FIG. 6 (a).

3-2-3. Fall lottery When the special figure fluctuation pattern and the special figure fluctuation display time are selected, the storage result of the fall random number value is detected from the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", and from the fall judgment table of FIG. When ``with fall'' is selected as a result of this determination, the ``high probability state'' is canceled when the current game state is ``high probability state'', and the ``normal probability state'' is set instead of the ``high probability state''.

3-2-4. Special figure 1 fluctuation display Special figure 1 fluctuation display is started when special figure fluctuation pattern and special figure fluctuation display time are selected. In this special figure 1 variation display, a plurality of predetermined LEDs of the LED display unit 25 start blinking in a predetermined pattern and then stop blinking, and when the predetermined plurality of LEDs are determined to be out, blinking is stopped in a ``special figure 1 failure'' mode, when a big win is determined, blinking is stopped in a ``jackpot'' mode according to the determination result of the big win type, and when it is determined as a small hit, blinking is stopped in a ``minor win'' mode. From the start of blinking until the stop of blinking is performed in the required time according to the selection result of the special figure fluctuation display time.

3-2-5. When a plurality of predetermined LEDs of the small winning game LED display device 25 stop blinking in a small winning mode, a small winning game pahn is selected from the game pattern table of FIG. This small winning game pattern consists of an opening period, one round, and an ending period. A round is to open the big winning hole 19, and the opening limit time of the round is set to a short value "0.8 second" which makes it difficult for the game ball to enter the big winning hole 19.例文帳に追加This round is performed with the V winning opening closed, and in the small winning game, the game ball is prohibited from falling into the V winning opening. The opening period is a period in which the big winning opening 19 is closed, and is a waiting period for waiting for the start of the round. The ending period is a period in which the big winning hole 19 is closed, and the period from the start of the opening period to the end of the ending period is called a small winning game.

3-2-6. When a plurality of predetermined LEDs of a jackpot game LED display device 25 are stopped blinking in a manner corresponding to the judgment result of jackpot type ``jackpot pattern 1'' or ``jackpot pattern 2'', a jackpot game pattern 1 is selected from the game pattern table of FIG. This jackpot game allows game balls to enter the jackpot 19 by opening and closing the jackpot 19, and the jackpot game pattern 1 is set with an opening period before the start of the first round and an ending period after the end of the final round. The opening period is a period in which the large winning opening 19 is closed, and is a waiting period for waiting for the large winning opening 19 to be changed from a state in which a game ball cannot enter to a state in which a game ball can enter. The ending period is a period in which the big winning opening 19 is closed, and is a period in which the player recognizes the end of the big win game. The period from the start of the opening period to the end of the ending period is called a jackpot game.

16 rounds are set in the jackpot game pattern 1. - 特許庁Each of these rounds keeps the big winning hole 19 in a closed state for a fixed time after continuously opening it until the limit time elapses, and when the limit number of game balls enter before the elapse of the limit time, it is closed only for the fixed time without waiting for the elapse of the limit time and ends. That is, the jackpot game pattern 1 is composed of 16 unit games, the first round is started when the opening period ends, and the ending period starts after the closing time elapses after the end of the final round. In the jackpot game pattern 1, when the jackpot pattern 1 is selected as the jackpot type, the game balls are allowed to fall into the V prize gate in response to the opening of the V prize gate in a plurality of specific rounds (for example, the 13th to 15th rounds), and in the jackpot game pattern 1 when the jackpot pattern 2 is selected as the jackpot type. The game balls are prohibited from falling into the V winning opening in accordance with the closed state of the V winning opening.

When a plurality of predetermined LEDs of the LED display device 25 are stopped blinking in a manner corresponding to the judgment result "big win pattern 3" of the big win type, a big win game pawn 2 is selected from the game pattern table of FIG. This jackpot game pattern 2 is the same as the jackpot game pattern 1 except that 4 rounds are set, and the game ball is allowed to fall into the V prize opening in accordance with the opening of the V prize opening in a plurality of specific rounds (for example, the 2nd to 4th rounds). This jackpot game pattern 2 pays out a smaller number of prize balls to the player than the jackpot game pattern 1.例文帳に追加

3-2-7. Update of game state 3-2-7-1. High probability state and normal probability state When ``big win pattern 2'' is selected, as shown in FIG. 5(g), ``normal probability state'' is set when the big win game ends, and when ``big win pattern 1'' and ``big win pattern 3'' are selected, ``high probability state'' is set when the big win game ends. This ``high probability state'' is set on the condition that the game ball falls into the V winning hole during the big winning game, and the ``normal probability state'' is set when the game ball does not fall into the V winning hole during the big winning game. This "high-probability state" is continued until "with fall" is drawn.

3-2-7-2. Electric Support State and Non-Electric Support State When "big win pattern 1" and "big win pattern 3" are selected, "electric support state 1" is set when the big win game ends. The minimum number of times "100 times" is set for this "electrical support state 1", and the "electrical support state 1" is drawn as "falling" before the total of the special 1 game and the special 2 game reaches the minimum number of times If the "high probability state" falls to the "normal probability state", it continues until the total of the special 1 game and the special 2 game reaches the minimum number of times "100 times", and the total of the special 1 game and the special 2 game. reaches the minimum number of times ``100 times'', the ``high probability state'' is switched to the ``non-electrical support state'' in response to the fall to the ``ordinary probability state'' in response to the lottery of ``with fall''. When "big win pattern 2" is selected, "electric support state 2" is set when the big win game ends. A limit number of times ``100 times'' is set in this ``electrical support state 2'', and the ``electrical support state 2'' is switched to a ``non-electrical support state'' when the total of the special figure 1 game and the special figure 2 game reaches the limit number of times.

3-2-7-3. Special figure 1 look-ahead When the acquisition result of the special figure 1 game data is stored in one of the special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4 in response to the game ball entering the first start port 18, the pre-judgment of the win or failure, the pre-judgment of the fluctuation pattern, the pre-judgment of the fluctuation display time, and the pre-judgment of the presence or absence of the fall are performed according to the acquisition result of the special figure 1 game data. Pre-judgment of technique state is performed. These advance judgment of success/failure to advance judgment of big hit type are performed in the above-described procedure, and advance judgment of game state is performed according to the result of advance judgment of big hit type when the result of advance judgment of success/failure is big hit. That is, when the pre-determination result of the jackpot type is ``jackpot pattern 1'' and ``jackpot pattern 3'', ``electrical sapo state 1'' and ``high probability state'' are preliminarily decided, and when it is ``jackpot pattern 2'', ``electrical sapo state 2'' and ``normal probability state'' are preliminarily decided.

If the pre-determination of the success or failure-pre-determination of the game state is performed, the pre-determination result of success-the pre-determination result of the game state is stored in the RAM as a set of special figure 1 prefetch data. In this RAM, as shown in FIG. 5 (i), special figure 1 prefetching areas 1 to 4 are set, special figure 1 prefetching data corresponding to special figure 1 game data of "special figure 1 reservation area 4" is stored in "special figure 1 prefetching area 4", special figure 1 prefetching data according to special figure 1 game data of "special figure 1 reservation area 3" is stored in "special figure 1 prefetching area 3", and special figure 1 prefetching data according to special figure 1 game data of "special figure 1 reservation area 2" The special figure 1 prefetch data is stored in the "special figure 1 prefetch area 2", and the special figure 1 prefetch data corresponding to the special figure 1 game data of the "special figure 1 reservation area 1" is stored in the "special figure 1 prefetch area 1".

3-3. Special Figure 2 Game 3-3-1. Acquisition of special figure 2 game data When the game ball effectively enters the second start port 23, the value of the special figure random number, the value of the jackpot type random number, the value of the fall random number, and the value of the variation pattern random number in FIG. In this RAM, as shown in FIG. 5 (j), special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4 are set, and the special figure 2 game data is stored in the order of "special figure 2 reservation area 4", "special figure 2 reservation area 3", "special figure 2 reservation area 2", and "special figure 2 reservation area 1" in the order of acquisition. The state in which the special figure 2 game data is stored in all of these special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4 is called the special figure 2 reservation number of "4", the state in which the special figure 2 game data is stored in three of the special figure 2 reservation areas 2 to 4 is called the special figure 2 reservation number to be "3", and the state in which the special figure 2 game data is stored in two of the special figure 2 reservation areas 3 to 4 is called the special figure 2 reservation number to be "2", and the special figure 2 reservation area. The state in which the special figure 2 game data is stored in one of 4 is called the special figure 2 reservation number "1", and the special figure 2 reservation number is "0" when the special figure 2 game data is not stored in any of the special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4.

3-3-2. Special figure 2 lottery When the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 4" in the game stop state, the storage result of the special figure random number value is detected from the "special figure 2 reservation area 4". Any determination result of "big hit", "minor hit", and "off" is acquired from the determination table according to the detection result of the value of the special random number. This special figure 2 lottery is preferentially performed over the special figure 1 lottery, and when the special figure 2 game data is stored in the ``special figure 2 reservation area 4'', the special figure 2 lottery is performed on the condition that the game is currently stopped. That is, when both the special figure 1 game data and the special figure 2 game data exist, the special figure 2 lottery is started according to the special figure 2 game data, and the special figure 1 lottery is started after all the special figure 2 game data are drawn.

The special figure 2 big hit classification table of FIG. 5(h) is used for judging the special figure 2 big hit classification. In this special figure 2 jackpot type table, ``jackpot pattern 1'', ``jackpot pattern 2'' and ``jackpot pattern 3'' are set. State 2” and “normal probability state” are set. This special diagram 2 jackpot type Type The striking probability of the "jackpot pattern 1" is set higher than the probability of the "jackpot pattern 1" in the special map 1 large type table. "Electric support state 1" and "high probability status" are set with a high probability compared to when it is determined.

The special figure 2 variation pattern table 1 of FIG. 6(b) or the special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 of FIG. 6(c) is used to determine the special figure variation pattern and the special figure variation display time for the special figure 2. The special figure 2 variation pattern table 1 is used when the current game state is "electrical support state 2" or "electrical support state 1" with a continuous number of times of 200 or less, and differs from the special figure 1 variation pattern table in that a special figure variation pattern for time reduction "PH07" and a special figure variation display time for time reduction "1000 msec" are given to the case where it is determined to be out. The special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 is used when the current game state is "electric support state 1" with a continuous number of times of 201 or more, and is different from each of the special figure 1 variation pattern table and the special figure 2 variation pattern table 1 in that the special figure variation pattern "PH08" for super time reduction and the special figure variation display time "500 msec" for super time reduction are given to the case where the deviation is determined. The state in which the special figure variation pattern is acquired from this special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 is referred to as "super electric support state".

3-3-3. Fall lottery When the special figure fluctuation pattern and the special figure fluctuation display time are selected, the storage result of the value of the fall random number is detected from the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", and from the fall determination table of FIG. When ``with fall'' is selected as a result of this determination, the ``high probability state'' is canceled when the current game state is ``high probability state'', and the ``normal probability state'' is set instead of the ``high probability state''.

3-3-4. Toku-zu 2 fluctuation display Toku-zu 2 fluctuation display is performed in the required time according to the selection result of Toku-zu fluctuation display time when the Toku-zu fluctuation pattern and Toku-zu fluctuation display time for Toku-zu 2 are selected. In this special figure 2 variation display, a plurality of LEDs for the special figure 2 of the LED display device 25 are caused to start blinking in a predetermined pattern and then stop blinking, and when the LED for the special figure 2 is determined to be out, blinking is stopped in the form of "special figure 2 out", when it is determined to be a "minor hit", blinking is stopped in the mode of "small hit", and when it is determined to be a big hit, blinking is stopped in a mode according to the determination result of the big hit type.
3-3-5. When a plurality of predetermined LEDs of the small winning game LED display device 25 are stopped blinking in a small winning mode, a small winning game pahn is selected from the game pattern table of FIG.

3-3-6. When the LED for the special figure 2 of the jackpot game LED display 25 stops blinking in a manner corresponding to the judgment result of the jackpot type, a jackpot game pattern corresponding to the judgment result of the jackpot type is selected from the game pattern table of FIG. 7(a), and the jackpot game is started with the selection result of the jackpot game pattern.
3-3-7. Updating the game state When ``big win pattern 2'' is selected, ``electrical sapo state 2'' and ``normal probability state'' are set when the big win game is finished, and when ``big win pattern 1'' and ``big win pattern 3'' are selected, ``electrical sapo state 1'' and ``high probability state'' are set when the big win game is finished. This ``high probability state'' is set on the condition that the game ball falls into the V winning hole in the big win game, and the ``normal probability state'' is set when the game ball does not fall into the V winning hole in the big win game.

3-3-8. Special figure 2 look-ahead When the acquisition result of the special figure 2 game data is stored in one of the special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4 in response to the game ball entering the second start port 23, the pre-judgment of winning or not according to the acquisition result of the special figure 2 game data, the pre-judgment of the fluctuation pattern, the pre-judgment of the fluctuation display time, and the pre-judgment of the presence or absence of falling are performed. is pre-determined. Pre-determination of these winning or not-pre-determination of the game state is performed in the above-described procedure, pre-determination result of winning-pre-determination result of the game state is stored in RAM as a set of special figure 2 pre-reading data. In this RAM, as shown in FIG. 5 (j), special figure 2 prefetching areas 1 to 4 are set, special figure 2 prefetching data corresponding to special figure 2 game data of "special figure 2 reservation area 4" is stored in "special figure 2 prefetching area 4", special figure 2 prefetching data according to special figure 2 game data of "special figure 2 reservation area 3" is stored in "special figure 2 prefetching area 3", and special figure 2 prefetching data according to special figure 2 game data of "special figure 2 reservation area 2" The special figure 2 prefetch data is stored in the "special figure 2 prefetch area 2", and the special figure 2 prefetch data corresponding to the special figure 2 game data of the "special figure 2 reservation area 1" is stored in the "special figure 2 prefetch area 1".

4. Processing function of main control circuit 40 4-1. Main Processing When the power is turned on, the main control circuit 40 detects the main processing program of FIG. 7(b) from the ROM, and sets interrupt inhibition in S1. Then, in S2, each random number value in FIG. 5(a) is updated, and in S3, interrupt permission is set. The value of each of these random numbers is obtained by adding "1" to the current value, and when it is added to the upper limit value, it returns to "0" and is added again.

4-2. Timer Interrupt Processing When the main control circuit 40 sets interrupt permission in S3, it permits activation of the timer interrupt processing in S4. This timer interrupt process is executed at a constant cycle, and the random number update process of S3 is repeated during the standby time from the end of the current timer interrupt process to the start of the next timer interrupt process.

FIG. 8 shows the timer interrupt processing of the main control circuit 40. The main control circuit 40 sends the commands set in the output buffer of the RAM in the previous timer interrupt processing to the sub-control circuit 60 in the output processing of S11 of the current timer interrupt processing. Then, in the random number updating process of S12, the values of each random number in FIG. 5A are updated, and in the sensor detection process of S13, the presence or absence of signals from the first starting opening sensor 41, the second starting opening sensor 42, the normal drawing sensor 43, the big winning opening sensor 44, and the V winning opening sensor 48 is detected.

After completing the sensor detection process of S13, the main control circuit 40 determines whether or not the signal from the general map sensor 44 is detected in S14. Here, when it is determined that the signal from the normal pattern sensor 44 is not detected, the process proceeds to S16, and when it is determined that the signal from the normal pattern sensor 44 is detected, the value of the normal pattern random number is acquired in the normal pattern game data acquisition processing of S15, and the process proceeds to S16.

After shifting to S16, the main control circuit 40 determines whether or not a signal from the second starting port sensor 42 has been detected. Here, when it is determined that the signal from the second starting port sensor 42 is not detected, the process proceeds to S19, and when it is determined that the signal from the second starting port sensor 42 is detected, the special figure 2 reservation number is compared with "4". Here, when it is determined that the special figure 2 reservation number is "4", the process proceeds to S19, and when it is determined that the special figure 2 reservation number is less than "4", the special figure 2 game data is acquired at S17. Here the acquisition result of the special figure 2 game data is stored in one of the special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4 according to the storage order, the special figure 2 reservation command is set in the output buffer, and the process proceeds to S18. This special figure 2 reservation command notifies the special figure 2 reservation number to the sub control circuit 60, and is transmitted to the sub control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process.

When the main control circuit 40 shifts to S18, the pre-determination of win or failure, the pre-determination of the variation pattern, the pre-determination of the variation display time, the pre-determination of the big hit type, the pre-determination of the presence or absence of the fall, and the pre-determination of the game state are performed on the acquisition result of the special figure 2 game data, and the pre-determination result of the success or failure to the game state is stored as the special figure 2 pre-read data in one of the special figure 2 pre-read areas 1 to 4 according to the storage order. Next, the storage result of the special figure 2 prefetch data is set in the output buffer of the RAM to be transmitted to the sub-control circuit 81 in the next timer interrupt process, and the process proceeds to S19.

When the main control circuit 40 proceeds to S19, it determines whether or not a signal from the first starting port sensor 41 has been detected. Here, when it is determined that the signal from the first starting port sensor 41 is not detected, the normal pattern processing of S22, the special pattern 2 processing of S23, and the special pattern 1 processing of S24 are sequentially performed. Here, when it is determined that the special figure 1 reserved number is "4", the process proceeds to S22 to S24 in order, and when it is determined that the special figure 1 reserved number is less than "4", special figure 1 game data is acquired at S20. Here, the acquisition result of the special figure 1 game data is stored in one of the special figure 1 reservation areas 1 to 4 according to the storage order, and the special figure 1 reservation command is set in the output buffer. This special figure 1 reservation command notifies the special figure 1 reservation number to the sub control circuit 60, and is transmitted to the sub control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process.

When the main control circuit 40 stores the acquisition result of the special figure 1 game data in S20, in S21, the prejudgment of success or failure, the prejudgment of the variation pattern, the prejudgment of the variation display time, the prejudgment of the jackpot type, the prejudgment of the presence or absence of the fall, and the prejudgment of the game state are performed on the acquisition result of the special figure 1 game data, and the prejudgment result of the success or failure to the game state is stored as special figure 1 prefetch data in one of the special figure 1 prefetch areas 1 to 4 according to the storage order. Next, the storage result of the special figure 1 prefetch data is set in the output buffer of the RAM to be transmitted to the sub-control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process, and the process proceeds to S22 to S24 in order.
4-3. Normal map processing

The main control circuit 40 determines whether or not it is correct according to the acquisition result of the value of the normal pattern random number in the normal pattern processing of S22, and selects the normal pattern fluctuation display time according to the current game state from the normal pattern fluctuation display time table of FIG. 5(c). And, according to the execution of the normal pattern fluctuation display with the selection result of the normal pattern fluctuation display time, the determination result of the normal pattern propriety is notified. Here, when the determination result of 'normal game hit' is notified, a normal game pattern corresponding to the current game state is selected from the normal game pattern table of FIG.

4-4. Special Figure 2 Processing FIG. 9A is the special figure 2 process of S23, and the main control circuit 40 executes the special figure 2 lottery process of S31, the time saving number update process of S32, the fall determination process of S33, the special figure 2 fluctuation stop process of S34, the small hit game process of S35, and the big hit game process of S36 according to the setting result of the value of the second pointer P2 of the RAM. The value of the second pointer P2 is initialized to "1" when the power is turned on.

4-4-1. Special figure 2 lottery processing The main control circuit 40 shifts to special figure 2 lottery processing of S31 when the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "1". The value of the second pointer P2 is set to "1" in the game stop state, and the main control circuit 40 judges whether or not the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 4" in the special figure 2 lottery process of S31. Here, when it is determined that the special figure 2 game data is not stored in the ``special figure 2 reservation area 4'', the special figure 2 lottery processing is finished, and when it is determined that the special figure 2 game data is stored in the ``special figure 2 reservation area 4'', the determination of success or failure, the determination of the variation pattern and the variation display time are performed based on the special figure 2 game data of the ``special figure 2 reservation area 4'', and when the result of determination of success or failure is the big hit, the determination of the jackpot type is performed. Then, the determination result of success or failure, the determination result of the variation pattern, and the determination result of the big hit type are set in the output buffer of the RAM to be transmitted to the sub-control circuit 60 as the special figure 2 game data, and the variation start command 2 is set in the output buffer of the RAM to be transmitted to the sub-control circuit 60.

10 is the variation pattern table processing executed by the main control circuit 40 in S31, the main control circuit 40 selects the special figure 2 variation pattern table 1 or the special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 in the variation pattern table processing, selects the special figure variation pattern and the special figure variation display time according to the value of the variation pattern random number in the special figure 2 reservation area 4 from the selection result of the special figure variation pattern table, and sets the selection result of the special figure variation pattern and the selection determination result of the special figure variation display time in the output buffer of the RAM. The main control circuit 40 determines in S91 whether or not the current game state is the "super electric support state". Here, if it is determined that the current game state is the "super electric support state", select the special figure 2 variation pattern table 2 in FIG. When the main control circuit 40 determines in S91 that the current game state is not the "super electric support state", it determines in S93 whether the current game state is the "electric support state". Here, when it is determined that the current game state is "electrical support state 1" and "electrical support state 2", the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern table 1 in FIG.

The main control circuit 40 starts the special figure fluctuation display when the special figure 2 game data is set in the output buffer at S31 in FIG. This processing is to erase the special figure 2 game data from the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", and when the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 3", the special figure 2 game data is shifted to the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", and when the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 2", the special figure 2 game data is shifted to the "special figure 2 reservation area 3", and the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 1". is stored, the special figure 2 game data is shifted to "special figure 2 reservation area 2". When the ``special figure 2 reservation areas 1 to 4'' are arranged, the main control circuit 40 organizes the ``special figure 2 prefetch areas 1'' to ``special figure 2 prefetch areas 4'' in the same procedure, and sets the value of the second pointer P2 to ``2''.

4-4-2. Time saving frequency update process The main control circuit 40 shifts to the time saving frequency update process of S32 when the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "2". FIG. 11 shows the time-saving number update process, and the main control circuit 40 determines in S41 of FIG. 11 whether the current game state is "electric support state 1", "electric support state 2", "super electric support state" or "non-electric support state". Here, when the current game state is determined to be ``non-electrical support state'', ``3'' is set to the value of the second pointer P2 in S48, and when it is determined to be ``electrical support state 1'', ``electrical support state 2'' or ``super electric support state'', ``1'' is added to the value of the time saving frequency counter in S42. The value of this time saving number counter measures the number of times the electric support state continues, and the main control circuit 40 sets the time saving number command when the time saving number counter is added. This time-saving frequency command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 of the addition result of the value of the time-saving frequency counter as the number of continuations of the electric support state, and when the main control circuit 40 sets the time-saving frequency command, it sets it in the output buffer of the RAM to transmit the setting result of the time-saving frequency command to the sub-control circuit 60 in S43, and shifts to S44.

When the main control circuit 40 shifts to S44 of FIG. 11, it determines whether or not the current game state is "power support state 1". Here, when it is determined that the current game state is "power support state 1", the process proceeds to S45, and the addition result of the value of the time saving number counter is compared with "201". When it is determined that the value of the time saving frequency counter is '201', the current game state is changed from 'electrical support state 1' to 'superelectrical support state' in S46, and a superelectrical support command is set in the output buffer of RAM in S47. This super-electric support command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 of the setting of the "super-electric support state", and when the main control circuit 40 sets the super-electric support command in S47, it sets the value of the second pointer P2 to "3" in S48.

When the main control circuit 40 determines in S44 of FIG. 11 that the current game state is not "electrical support state 1", it determines in S49 whether or not the current game state is "electrical support state 2". Here, when the current game state is determined not to be ``electrical support state 2'', the value of the second puncher P2 is set to ``3'' in S48, and when the current game state is determined to be ``electrical support state 2'', the value of the time saving frequency counter is compared with the upper limit value ``100'' in S50. Here, when it is determined that the value of the time saving number counter is not the upper limit value "100", the value of the second puncher P2 is set to "3" in S48.

When the main control circuit 40 determines in S50 of FIG. 11 that the value of the time saving frequency counter is the upper limit value ``100'', it changes the current game state from ``electrical support state 2'' to ``non-electrical support state'' in S51, and sets an electric support cancellation command in the output buffer of the RAM in S52. This electric support cancel command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 that the "electric support state 2" is switched to the "non-electric support state", and when the main control circuit 40 sets the electric support cancel command at S52, it sets the value of the second pointer P2 to "3" at S48.

4-4-3. Fall Judgment Processing When the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "3", the main control circuit 40 proceeds to the fall judgment processing in S33 of FIG. 9(a). FIG. 12 shows the fall determination process of S33, and the main control circuit 40 determines whether or not the current game state is the "high probability state" in S61. If the current game state is determined to be the 'normal probability state', the value of the second pointer P2 is set to '4' in S72, and if the current game state is determined to be the 'high probability state', the process proceeds to S62. Here, the fall random number value is detected from the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", and the determination result corresponding to the detection result of the fall random number value is detected from the fall determination table of FIG. 5(f).

When the main control circuit 40 detects the determination result of the presence or absence of a fall in S62, it determines whether or not the detection result is "fall" in S63. When the detection result is determined to be "no fall", the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "4" in S72, and when the detection result is determined to be "fall", the "normal probability state" is set in place of the "high probability state" in S64, and the output buffer of the RAM is set to transmit a fall command to the sub-control circuit 60 in S65. This falling command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 that the "high-probability state" has fallen to the "normal-probability state", and is sent to the sub-control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process.

When the main control circuit 40 sets the fall command in the output buffer at S65, it determines whether or not the current game state is "power support state 1" at S66. Here, when it is determined that the current game state is "power support state 1", the value of the time saving number counter is compared with "100" in S67. Here, when it is determined that the value of the time-saving frequency counter is '100' or less, 'electrical support state 1' is changed to 'electrical support state 2' in S68, an electrical support change command is transmitted to the sub-control circuit 60 in S69, it is set in the output buffer of the RAM, and the value of the second pointer P2 is set to '4' in S72. This power supply change command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 that "power supply support state 1" has been switched to "power support state 2", and is sent to the sub-control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process.

When the main control circuit 40 determines in S67 that the value of the time saving number counter is "101" or more, it changes the current game state from "electric support state 1" to "non-electric support state" in S70. Then, in S71, the power supply change command is set in the output buffer of the RAM so as to transmit the power supply change command to the sub-control circuit 60, and in S72, the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "4". This power support cancellation command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 that the "power support state 1" has been switched to the "non-power support state", and is sent to the sub-control circuit 60 in the next timer interrupt process.

A main control circuit 40 determines that the current game state is not "electrical support state 1" at S66 when the current game state is "super electric support state", and changes the current game state from "electric support state 1" to "non-electric support state" at S70. Then, in S71, an electric support change command is set in the output buffer of the RAM, and in S72, the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "4". That is, when it is determined that there is a fall in a "high probability state" or "electrical support state 1" in which the value of the time saving number counter is "100" or less, the low probability state is set but the electric support state is continued.

4-4-4. Special figure 2 fluctuation stop processing The main control circuit 40 shifts to the special figure 2 fluctuation stop processing of S34 in Fig. 9(a) when the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "4". The value of the timer is added here, and the addition result of the value of the timer is compared with the determination result of the special figure fluctuation display time. Here, when the addition result of the timer value has not reached the determination result of the special figure variation display time, the special figure 2 variation stop processing is finished, and when the addition result of the timer value has reached the determination result of the special figure variation display time, the special figure variation display is stopped in a mode according to the determination result of right or wrong, and the variation stop command 2 is set in the output buffer to transmit to the sub control circuit 60. The value of the second pointer P2 is initially set to '1' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'off', the value of the second pointer P2 is set to '5' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'small hit', and the value of the second pointer P2 is set to '6' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'big win'.

4-4-5. When the value of the second pointer P2 is set to ``5'', the main control circuit 40 shifts to the small winning game processing of S35 in FIG. 9(a), and after starting the small winning game with the small winning game pattern, sets the output buffer to transmit a small winning game start command to the sub control circuit 60.例文帳に追加The main control circuit 40 finishes the small winning game when the small winning game is advanced to the end of the small winning game pattern, sets an output buffer to transmit a small winning game end command to the sub control circuit 60, and sets "1" to the value of the second pointer P2. In this small winning game, the large winning opening 19 is opened while the V winning opening is closed. In the small winning game, the game ball is prohibited from falling into the V winning opening. That is, when it is determined as a small hit in the high probability state, the high probability state is maintained.

4-4-6. Big Hit Game Processing When the value of the second pointer P2 is set to "6", the main control circuit 40 shifts to the big hit game process at S36 in FIG. 9(a). Here, the jackpot game is started, and the output buffer is set to transmit the jackpot game start command to the sub-control circuit 60 . The main control circuit 40 sets a round start command in an output buffer and transmits it to the sub-control circuit 60 each time a round is started in a jackpot game. This round start command notifies how many times the current round is, and the main control circuit 40 sets the round stop command in an output buffer and transmits it to the sub control circuit 60 each time the round is stopped in the big winning game. The main control circuit 40 ends the jackpot game when the jackpot game is advanced to the end of the jackpot game pattern, and sets the output buffer to transmit a jackpot game end command to the sub-control circuit 60 .

The main control circuit 40 prohibits the game ball from falling into the V winning opening in accordance with the closed state of the V winning opening in each of the 1st to 16th rounds when the determination result of the jackpot type is "jackpot pattern 2", and the game ball falls into the V winning opening in accordance with the opening of the V winning opening in each of the 13th to 15th rounds when the determination result of the jackpot type is "jackpot design 1". When the determination result of the big win type is ``big win pattern 3'', the game ball is allowed to fall into the V winning hole according to the opening of the V winning hole in each of the 2nd to 4th rounds. The main control circuit 40 monitors whether or not the game ball has fallen into the V winning hole according to the output signal from the V winning hole sensor 48 during the big winning game, and records that the V prize has been won when determining that the game ball has fallen into the V winning hole.

A main control circuit 40 detects the determination result of the jackpot type when finishing the jackpot game when the jackpot game is advanced to the end of the jackpot game pattern. Here, when the judgment result of the jackpot type is "jackpot pattern 1" or "jackpot pattern 3", it is judged whether or not there is a V prize. Here, when it is determined that there is a V prize, the game state is set to ``high probability'' and ``electric sapo state 1'', the value of the time saving frequency counter is reset to ``0'', and the value of the second pointer P2 is initially set to ``1''. Then, the sub-control circuit 60 is set in the output buffer of the RAM in order to transmit the "high-probability command", the "electrical support command 1", and the time-saving frequency command 0. The time-saving command 0 notifies the sub-control circuit 60 that the number of continuations of the electric support state is "0 times", the "high-probability command" notifies the setting of the "high-probability state" to the sub-control circuit 60, and the "electricity support command 1" notifies the setting of the electric support state 1 that may continue over "100 times".

A main control circuit 40 sets the game state to 'normal probability state' and 'electric sapo state 2' when the judgment result of the big win type is 'big win pattern 2', resets the value of the time saving frequency counter to '0', and initializes the value of the second pointer P2 to '1'. Then, the sub-control circuit 60 is set in the output buffer of the RAM to transmit the "normal probability command", the "electric support command 2", and the time saving command 0. The "normal probability command" notifies the setting of the "normal probability state" to the sub-control circuit 60, and the "electrical support command 2" notifies the setting of the electric support state 2 with a limit value of "100 times".

4-5. Special Figure 1 Processing FIG. 9(b) is the special figure 1 process of S24, and the main control circuit 40 executes the special figure 1 lottery process of S81, the time saving number update process of S82, the fall determination process of S83, the special figure 1 fluctuation stop process of S84, the small hit game process of S85, and the big hit game process of S86 according to the setting result of the value of the first pointer P1 of the RAM. The value of the first pointer P1 is initialized to "1" when the power is turned on.

4-5-1. Special figure 1 lottery processing The main control circuit 40 shifts to special figure 1 lottery processing of S81 when the value of the first pointer P1 is set to "1". The value of the first pointer P1 is set to "1" in the game stop state, and the main control circuit 40 judges whether or not the special figure 1 game data is stored in the "special figure 1 reservation area 4" in the special figure 1 lottery process of S81. Here, when it is determined that the special figure 1 game data is not stored in the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", the special figure 1 lottery processing is finished, and when it is determined that the special figure 1 game data is stored in the "special figure 1 reservation area 4", it is decided whether or not the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 4".

When the main control circuit 40 determines that the special figure 2 game data is stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", it finishes the special figure 1 lottery process, and when it determines that the special figure 2 game data is not stored in the "special figure 2 reservation area 4", it determines the success or failure, the variation pattern, and the variation display time based on the special figure 1 game data of the "special figure 1 reservation area 4" in S81, and determines the jackpot type when the result of the determination is a big hit. do The determination of these variation patterns and the determination of the variation display time are performed according to the special figure 1 variation pattern table of FIG. set in the buffer. This special figure 1 reservation command notifies the sub-control circuit 60 of the number of special figure 1 reservations.

When the main control circuit 40 sets the variation start command 1 or the like, after starting the special figure variation display, "special figure 1 reservation area 1" to "special figure 1 reservation area 4" are arranged. This process is performed in the same procedure as the "special figure 2 reserved areas 1 to 4", and the main control circuit 40 arranges the "special figure 1 prefetch areas 1 to 4" in the same procedure. Set the value of the first pointer P1 to "2". That is, the special figure 1 lottery processing is set later in priority than the special figure lottery 2 processing, and when the special figure 2 reserved number is not ``0'', the special figure 2 lottery processing is preferentially performed over the special figure 1 lottery processing, and when the special figure 2 reserved number becomes ``0'', the special figure 1 lottery processing is started.

4-5-2. Time saving number update process When the value of the first pointer P1 is set to "2", the main control circuit 40 executes the time saving number update process of FIG. 11 in S82 and sets the value of the first pointer P1 to "3".
4-5-3. Fall Judgment Processing When the value of the first pointer P1 is set to "3", the main control circuit 40 executes the fall judgment processing of FIG. 12 in S83 and sets the value of the first pointer P1 to "4".
4-5-4. Special figure 1 fluctuation stop processing Main control circuit 40 moves to special figure 1 fluctuation stop processing of S84 in FIG. 9 (b) when the value of the first pointer P1 is set to "4", stops the special figure 1 fluctuation display in a manner according to the judgment result of right or wrong according to the addition result of the timer value reaching the judgment result of the special figure fluctuation display time, and sets it in the output buffer to transmit the fluctuation stop command 1 to the sub control circuit 60. The value of the first pointer P1 is initially set to '1' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'off', the value of the first pointer P1 is set to '5' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'small hit', and the value of the first pointer P1 is set to '6' when the result of determination of success or failure is 'big win'.

4-5-5. When the value of the first pointer P1 is set to ``5'', the main control circuit 40 shifts to the small winning game processing of S85 in FIG. 9B, starts the small winning game in the small winning game pattern, and then sets the output buffer to transmit a small winning game start command to the sub control circuit 60.例文帳に追加The main control circuit 40 finishes the small winning game when the small winning game is advanced to the end of the small winning game pattern, sets an output buffer to transmit a small winning game end command to the sub control circuit 60, and sets "1" to the value of the first pointer P1. In this small winning game, the large winning opening 19 is opened while the V winning opening is closed. In the small winning game, the game ball is prohibited from falling into the V winning opening.

4-5-6. Big win game processing When the value of the first pointer P1 is set to ``6'', the main control circuit 40 shifts to the big win game processing at S86 in FIG. 9(b), and after starting the big win game, sets an output buffer to transmit a big win game start command to the sub control circuit 60.例文帳に追加The main control circuit 40 executes a big win game in a big win game pattern 1 when the judgment result of the big win type is ``big win pattern 1'' and ``big win pattern 2'', and executes the big win game in a big win game pattern 2 when the judgment result of the big win kind is ``big win pattern 3'', sets a round start command in an output buffer and transmits it to a sub control circuit 60 every time a round is started. The main control circuit 40 sets a round stop command in the output buffer and transmits it to the sub-control circuit 60 every time the round is stopped in the jackpot game. The main control circuit 40 ends the jackpot game when the jackpot game is advanced to the end of the jackpot game pattern, and sets the output buffer to transmit a jackpot game end command to the sub-control circuit 60 .

A main control circuit 40 closes the V winning opening in each of the 1st to 16th rounds when the judgment result of the big winning type is ``big winning pattern 2'', and opens the V winning opening in each of a plurality of specific rounds when the judgment result of the big winning classification is ``big winning pattern 1'' and ``big winning pattern 3''. The main control circuit 40 monitors whether or not the game ball has fallen into the V winning opening according to the output signal from the V winning opening sensor 48 during the big winning game, and when the big winning game is advanced to the end of the big winning game pattern, the determination result of the big winning type is detected when finishing the big winning game. Here, if the determination result of the jackpot type is "jackpot pattern 1" or "jackpot pattern 3", it is determined whether or not there is a V prize. Here, when it is determined that there is a V prize, the game state is set to ``high probability'' and ``electric sapo state 1'', the value of the time saving frequency counter is reset to ``0'', and the value of the second pointer P2 is initially set to ``1''. Then, the sub-control circuit 60 is set in the output buffer of the RAM in order to transmit the "high-probability command", the "electrical support command 1", and the time-saving frequency command 0. This main control circuit 40 sets the game state to 'normal probability state' and 'electric sapo state 2' when the judgment result of the big win type is 'big win pattern 2', resets the value of the time saving frequency counter to '0', and initializes the value of the second pointer P2 to '1'. Then, the sub-control circuit 60 is set in the output buffer of the RAM to transmit the "normal probability command", the "electric support command 2", and the time saving command 0.

5. Description of Game Mode The game flow of FIG. 13(a) shows how the game state transitions, and FIGS. 13(b) and 13(c) show the relationship between the game mode and the performance mode. When the power is turned on here, the normal game mode is set. This normal game mode is a "normal probability state" and a "non-electric support state", and in the normal game mode, a left-handed shot image for prompting the player to hit the game ball left-handed is displayed on the performance symbol display 28.例文帳に追加When the player hits the game ball to the left according to this left-handed image, the game ball enters the first starting port 18, and when it is determined that the game ball enters the first starting port 18 and the big hit is determined, a low-probability short-time mode or a high-probability short-time mode is set.

The low-probability short-time mode is a state in which ``normal probability state'' and ``electric sapo state 2'' are set, and is set when ``jackpot pattern 2'' is selected in response to determination of jackpot in the normal game mode. The high-probability short-time mode is a state in which a ``high-probability state'' and ``electric sapo state 1'' are set, and is set when ``big-hit pattern 1'' or ``big-hit pattern 3'' is selected in response to determination of a big win in the normal game mode. In each of the low-probability short-time mode and the high-probability short-time mode, a right-handed image prompting the player to right-handle the game ball is displayed on the production symbol display 28 . When the player hits the game ball to the right according to this right-handed image, the game ball passes through the normal figure starting port 22, and the second starting port 23 is frequently opened for a long period of time in accordance with the judgment of winning with high probability, so the special figure variation display time ``1000 msec'' for time reduction is frequently obtained from the special figure 2 variation pattern table 1 of FIG. 6(b). Therefore, in each of the low-probability short-time mode and the high-probability short-time mode, the judgment processing of big wins and losses is repeated at shorter time intervals than in the normal game mode, so that the probability of getting the next big win with a small consumption number of game balls is increased. That is, each of the low-probability short working hours mode and the high-probable short working hours mode is in a state advantageous to the player compared to the normal game mode.

A game ball is hit to the right in the low-probability short-time mode, and when the sum of the number of special-figure 1 lotteries and the number of special-figure 2 lotteries (actually only the special-figure 2 lottery) reaches the limit number of times ``100 times'' without being judged as a big hit in the low-probability short-time mode, the normal game mode is shifted to when the ``non-electrical support state'' is set instead of the ``electric support state 2''. In this low-probability short-time mode, when ``big-win pattern 2'' is selected in response to determination of a big hit before the sum of the number of lotteries of special figure 1 and the number of lotteries of special figure 2 reaches the limit number of times ``100 times'', the low-probability short-time mode is repeated, and when the ``big-win pattern 1'' or ``big-win pattern 3'' is selected, the mode is shifted to the high-probability short-time mode. In this high-probability short-time mode, the game ball is hit to the right, and the low-probability short-time mode is set when 'big-win pattern 2' is selected in response to the judgment of a big win, and the high-probability short-time mode is set again when 'big-win pattern 1' or 'big-win pattern 3' is selected. This high-probability short-time mode is a state in which a big hit is determined with a high probability compared with the low-probability short-time mode, and is a state more advantageous to the player than the low-probability short-time mode, and the degree of advantage to the player is higher in the ``high-probability state'' than in the ``electric support state''.

In the high-probability short-time mode, the presence or absence of a fall is determined each time the special-figure 1 lottery and the special-figure 2 lottery are performed, and when it is determined that there is a fall in a state in which the total of the special-figure 1 lottery and the special-figure 2 lottery does not exceed the limit number of times ``100 times,'' a ``normal probability state'' and an ``electric sapo state 2'' are set, and the high-probability short-time mode is shifted to the low-probable short-time mode. In this high-probability short-time mode, when the sum of the number of lotteries of the special figure 1 and the number of special-figure 2 lotteries exceeds the limit number of times ``100 times'' and it is determined that ``there is a fall'', the ``normal probability state'' and the ``non-electric support state'' are set, and the high-probability short-time mode is suddenly dropped into the normal game mode.

When the sum of the special figure 1 lottery frequency and the special figure 2 lottery frequency reaches the limit number of times ``201 times'' without being judged as ``falling'' in the high probability time saving mode, a ``high probability state'' and a ``super electric support state'' are set. In this high probability super time saving mode, the special figure fluctuation display time "500 msec" for the shortest super time saving is frequently acquired from the special figure 2 fluctuation pattern table 2 of FIG. 6(c). Therefore, in the high-probability time-saving mode, the judgment processing of big hits and losses is repeated at shorter time intervals than in the high-probability time-saving mode, so the probability of obtaining the next big win with a smaller number of consumed game balls increases. That is, the high-accuracy super time-saving mode is a state more advantageous to the player than the high-accuracy super-time-saving mode, and when it is determined that there is a fall in the high-accuracy super-time-saving mode, the game falls at once from the high-accuracy super time-saving mode to the normal game mode.

6. Description of production mode The production mode designates a background image especially as the production contents when displaying the image of the production pattern game, and the production mode is set to normal mode, chance mode, speed mode and super speed mode. The normal mode is a performance mode when the normal game mode is set, and in the normal mode, as shown in FIG. 14(a), a normal background image imitating a townscape is displayed in the display area E of the performance pattern display device 28.例文帳に追加The chance mode is a common performance mode when the low-probability short-time mode and the high-probability short-time mode are set, and in the chance mode, as shown in FIG. The speed mode shifts from the chance mode when the sum of the special figure 1 lottery numbers and the special figure 2 lottery numbers exceeds the limit number ``100 times'' in the setting state of the high probability time saving mode, and in the speed mode, as shown in FIG. The super speed mode is shifted from the speed mode when the sum of the number of times of lottery of special figure 1 and the number of times of lottery of special figure 2 exceeds the limit number of times ``200 times'' in the setting state of the high probability time saving mode, and in the super speed mode, as shown in FIG.

6-1. Behavior of Production Mode FIG. 13(b) shows the behavior of the production mode when the big hit symbol 2 is selected in response to the determination of the big hit. In this case, the chance mode is set according to the setting of the low probability short working hours mode at the end of the jackpot game, and the chance background image is displayed from the first performance symbol game. In this state, when the special figure 1 lottery and the special figure 2 lottery are performed a total of 100 times without being judged as a big hit, the normal game mode is set, and the normal background image is displayed from the 101st performance pattern game in accordance with the setting of the normal mode according to the setting of the normal game mode.

FIG. 13(c) shows the behavior of the performance mode when the jackpot pattern 1 or the jackpot pattern 3 is selected in response to the determination of the jackpot. In this case, the chance mode is set according to the setting of the high-probability short-time mode at the end of the big hit game, and the chance background image is displayed from the first performance symbol game. In this state, when it is determined that there is a fall before the special figure 1 lottery and the special figure 2 lottery are performed a total of 100 times, the low-probability short-time mode is set as the game mode, but as shown in the upper stage of FIG. Then, the normal background image is displayed in accordance with the setting of the normal mode from the 101st performance symbol game.

The lower part of FIG. 13 (c) is the behavior of the production mode when the special figure 1 lottery and the special figure 2 lottery are performed a total of 100 times or more without being judged to have fallen with the chance mode set according to the high probability time saving mode. In this case, since the speed background image is displayed in response to the setting of the speed mode from the 101st performance symbol game, the player's eyes have the impression of being promoted to the high-accuracy short-time mode. When the determination of no falling continues more than 200 times, the super speed mode is set according to the setting of the high accuracy super time saving mode, and the super speed background image is displayed from the next 201st time. When it is determined that there is a fall in the setting state of these super speed mode and speed mode, the normal mode is set according to the setting of the normal game mode, and the normal background image is displayed from the next time.

6-2. Effect symbol game The image of the effect symbol game is started by the sub-control circuit 60 in synchronization with the start of the special figure 1 variation display or the special figure 2 variation display in terms of time, and ends in synchronization with the end of the special figure 1 variation display or the special figure 2 variation display. The image of the performance symbol game is superimposed and displayed in front of the background image corresponding to the performance mode, and is superimposed and displayed in front of the normal background image in the normal mode. The image of the performance pattern game is superimposed and displayed in front of the chance background image in the chance mode, superimposed and displayed in front of the speed background image in the speed mode, and superimposed and displayed in front of the super speed background image in the super speed mode.

The image of the performance pattern game is to display the performance symbols consisting of numbers '1' to '9' in three horizontal rows of left, middle and right rows in order in a scroll state and a scroll stop state, and the scroll display of each row is performed in ascending order of '1'→'2' . The scrolling display of each column is stopped at one of "1" to "9", odd numbers "1, 3, 5, 7, 9" in each column are set in red color, and even numbers "2, 4, 6, 8" in each column are set in blue color. Each of the performance pattern of the left row, the performance pattern of the middle row and the performance pattern of the right row corresponds to a pattern element, the performance pattern of the three rows corresponds to an identification pattern, the scrolling state corresponds to the fluctuation state, the scroll stop state corresponds to the fluctuation stop state, and the performance pattern game corresponds to the pattern game.

Three types of combinations are set for the combinations in the stopped state of the scroll display of the three columns, ie, "big win combination", "loss reach combination", and "complete failure combination". The jackpot combination is a combination in which the three columns are mutually identical, and is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits the jackpot special figure variation patterns (PO00 to PO05). The combination of out reach is a combination in which the left and right columns are the same and the middle column is different, and the sub-control circuit 60 sets it when the main control circuit 40 transmits the special figure fluctuation pattern (PH01 to PH05) for out. The combination of complete loss is a combination in which the left column and the right column are different, and is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits a special figure variation pattern (PH06 to PH08) for loss.

FIG. 14(e) is a list of performances of the performance pattern game, and five types of performance of the performance pattern game are set: ``normal performance'', ``all figure simultaneous stop performance'', ``normal reach performance'', ``special reach performance'', and ``super time saving performance''. The normal effect is started with "start of scroll display of three columns", and "stop of scroll display" is set in the order of "left column", "right column" and "middle column". This normal effect is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits the special figure fluctuation pattern PH06 for loss, and as shown in FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 14(e), the all-view simultaneous stop presentation is started by "starting scrolling display for three columns", and "stopping scrolling display" for three columns is set at the same time. This ``simultaneous stop effect for all figures'' is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits the special figure variation pattern PH07 for loss, and in the ``simultaneous stop effect for all figures'', as shown in FIGS. This all-figure simultaneous stop effect ends in the shortest time (1000msec) of the special figure fluctuation display time for low probability short time mode and high probability short time mode, and in low probability short time mode and high probability short time mode "Special figure fluctuation pattern PH07" is selected with a high probability, the fluctuation display time is shortened.

As shown in FIG. 14(e), the normal reach effect is started by "starting scrolling display of 3 columns", and "scrolling speed reduction" is set before "stopping scrolling display" for "middle row". This normal reach production is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits the special figure variation pattern PH05 for losing and the special figure variation pattern PO05 for big win. ” is switched from normal speed to low speed in the reach state.

The scrolling display of the "middle row" is stopped with different performance patterns for the "left row" and "right row" in the "normal reach performance" for failure, and in the "normal reach performance" for failure, as shown in FIG. The scroll display of the 'middle row' is stopped at the same performance pattern as the 'left row' and 'right row' in the 'normal ready-to-win performance' for the big win, and in the 'normal ready-to-win performance' for the big win, as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 14(e), the special ready-to-reach effect is started by "starting scrolling display of 3 columns", and "scrolling speed reduction" is set before "stopping scrolling display" for "middle row". This special ready-to-win performance is set by a sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits the special figure variation patterns PH01 to PH04 for losing and the special figure variation patterns PO01 to PO04 for big hits, and in the ``special ready-to-win performance'', a ready-to-win state occurs when ``stopping the scroll display'' is performed in the order of ``left column'' and ``right column'', and the scroll display of the ``middle row'' is switched from normal speed to low speed in the ready-to-win state.

As shown in FIG. 14(e), the special ready-to-win performance is set by setting ``decrease in scrolling speed'' for the ``middle row'' followed by ``delete 3 rows'', and in the special ready-to-win performance, 3 rows of performance patterns are deleted in the ready-to-win state. This special ready-to-win effect is obtained by setting "delete 3 rows" and "battle effect" after the normal ready-to-win effect. FIG. 17 shows battle images BL1 to BL4 displayed as battle effects. Each of these battle images BL1 to BL4 starts to be displayed in a state in which the three rows of production patterns are erased, and is set to show a female silhouette in a karate uniform fighting an enemy dinosaur with her bare hands.

In the battle image BL1, as shown in FIG. 17(a), the enemy is set to "dinosaur D1". This battle image BL1 is set to the content that the dinosaur D1 fights with the female silhouette W, and is displayed when the main control circuit 40 transmits the ``special figure variation pattern PO01'' for big win and the ``special figure variation pattern PH01'' for loss. As shown in FIG. 17(b), the battle image BL2 is set as the enemy "dinosaur D2", and is displayed when the main control circuit 40 transmits the "special figure variation pattern PO02" for the big hit and when the "special figure variation pattern PH02" for the loss is transmitted. As shown in FIG. 17(c), the battle image BL3 is set to "dinosaur D3" as an enemy, and is displayed when the main control circuit 40 transmits a "special figure variation pattern PO03" for a big hit and when a "special figure variation pattern PH03" for a loss is transmitted. As shown in FIG. 17(d), the battle image BL4 is set to "dinosaur D4" as an enemy, and is displayed when the main control circuit 40 transmits a "special figure variation pattern PO04" for a big hit and when a "special figure variation pattern PH04" for a loss is transmitted. The reliability of the big hits of these battle images BL1 to BL4 is set to be high in order of "battle image BL4", "battle image BL3", "battle image BL2", and "battle image BL1" (see FIG. 6).

Each of the battle images BL1 to BL4 has two types of endings of victory and defeat. As shown in FIG. 17(e), the winning ending suggests that the main female silhouette W has won, and is displayed when the "special figure variation patterns PO01 to PO04" for big wins are transmitted. The ending of defeat, as shown in FIG. 17(f), suggests that the main female silhouette W has been defeated, and is displayed at the time of transmission of "special figure fluctuation patterns PH01 to PH04" for outreach reach. This losing outcome corresponds to an outlier ending, and the winning ending corresponds to a winning ending.

As shown in FIG. 14(e), the special ready-to-win effect is set after the "battle effect" followed by "three-row static display". After the main character is defeated in each of the battle images BL1 to BL4, after the ending image of defeat is displayed, three rows of production patterns are displayed in a combination of reach.

Super time-saving performance is a special performance displayed only in the high-probability super-time-saving mode, and is set by the sub-control circuit 60 when the main control circuit 40 transmits a special figure variation pattern PH08 for failure in the high-probability super-time-saving mode. This super time-saving production ends in the shortest time (500 msec), which is even shorter than the all-figure simultaneous stop production, and in the high-precision super time-saving mode, the "special figure fluctuation pattern PH08" is selected with a high probability. The fluctuation display time is further shortened. As shown in FIG. 14(e), this super time-saving production starts with "start of scroll display in three columns", and the order of stopping scroll display is different from all other productions, "left column", "middle column", and "right column".

18(a) and 18(b) are images of super time-saving production, and the super time-saving production is started with an image in which the left row production pattern, the middle row production pattern, and the right row production pattern move downward from the initial position of the upper end of the liquid crystal screen of the production pattern display 28 at the same speed at the same time as shown in FIG. 18(a). These three rows of performance symbols are stopped and displayed in the order of the left row, the middle row, and the right row. This super time-saving performance displays three rows of performance symbols in a diagonal arrangement different from all the remaining performances in a scrolling stop state. The super-time-saving production image is superimposed and displayed in front of the super-speed background image, and has an announcement image A1 of "right-handed" and an announcement image A2 of time-saving information. The announcement image A1 urges the player to hit to the right, and the announcement image A2 informs the player of the number of times the electric sapo state 1 continues.

6-3. The big win game performance The big win game performance displays a background image for the big win game performance in the display area E of the performance pattern display 28, starts when the big win game starts, and ends when the big win game ends. FIG. 18(c) is a background image for a jackpot game effect. This background image consists of an image in which silhouettes of two women dance, and an announcement image A1 of ``right-handed'' is superimposed and displayed in front of the background image for the performance of the jackpot game to urge the player to hit right-handed.

6-4. Prize ball acquisition production A prize ball acquisition production is performed during the jackpot game production. This prize ball acquisition performance displays the prize ball acquisition information superimposed in front of the background image for the jackpot game performance, and the prize ball acquisition information displays the number of prize balls obtainable by the player in the currently ongoing jackpot game by counting up from the initial value toward the end value. The initial value of the prize ball acquisition information is set to "0", and the end value of the prize ball acquisition information is set to "1280". The count-up display of the prize ball acquisition information is performed according to the progress of the round. The update unit of this prize ball acquisition information is set to "80/1 round", and the prize ball acquisition information is displayed by counting up by "80" for each round from the initial value "0" toward the end value "1280". During this jackpot game, a display area E1 is set in the performance symbol display 28, and as shown in FIG.

In the RAM of the sub-control circuit 60, as shown in FIG. 18(d), the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 are set, and the sub control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 prefetching data from the main control circuit 40. Each time it receives the special figure 1 prefetching data, it stores the reception result of the special figure 1 prefetching reception area 1 to 4 in any of the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4. These special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 are "special figure 1 prefetching reception area 1", "special figure 1 prefetching reception area 2", "special figure 1 prefetching reception area 3", and "special figure 1 prefetching reception area 4". The storage priority is set, and the special figure 1 prefetching data storage processing is performed on the one with the highest priority among the blank special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4.

The sub-control circuit 60 organizes the "special figure 1 prefetch receiving areas 1 to 4" when the image of the effect symbol game is started to be displayed in response to receiving the special figure 1 game data. This process is to erase the special figure 1 prefetch data from the "special figure 1 prefetch reception area 4", and if the special figure 1 prefetch data is stored in the "special figure 1 prefetch reception area 3", the special figure 1 prefetch data is shifted to the "special figure 1 prefetch reception area 4". If the special figure 1 prefetch data is stored in the "read reception area 1", the special figure 1 prefetch data is shifted to the "special figure 1 prefetch reception area 2". That is, the special figure 1 prefetching data same as the special figure 1 prefetching areas 1 to 4 of the main control circuit 40 are always stored in the same order in the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 of the sub control circuit 60.

6-5. SP Normal Mode The SP normal background image of FIG. 19(c) is displayed as a background image of the effect symbol game on the effect symbol display 28 during the SP normal mode. This SP normal mode is a performance mode for performing a performance for increasing the player's expectation for the combination of three rows of performance symbols in the performance pattern game image for a big hit, and can be switched only from the state in which the performance mode is set to the normal mode. In this SP normal mode, the probability of a big hit is set to the same normal probability ``3/1201'' as in the normal mode, and the start timing Ts of the SP normal mode is set within a period from after the scroll display of the performance symbols in the 3 rows is started to before the scroll display of the performance symbols in the left row is stopped (see b→c). This SP normal mode can be continued until the ``10th'' performance pattern game at the longest with the ``0th'' performance pattern game at which the SP normal mode is started, and the image of the performance pattern game is displayed in front of the SP normal background image during the SP normal mode. This SP normal mode is a production mode in which the cumulative set time in the state where the game mode is set to the normal game mode is the next longest after the normal mode.

6-6. Lucky Mode FIG. 20 illustrates the lucky mode. This lucky mode is a performance mode that suggests to the player that the probability that the performance symbols in the three rows will result in a big hit combination is temporarily higher than the normal probability in each of the normal mode and the SP normal mode, and is started by starting to display the lucky background image as the background image of the performance symbol game (see a→b). This lucky background image is set to an image simulating a woman in uniform, and during the lucky mode, the image of the effect symbol game is superimposed and displayed in front of the lucky background image.

The lucky mode is started at the same start timing Ts as the SP lucky mode (see a→b), and when the lucky mode is started during the "0th" performance symbol game this time, the performance symbols in the third row are in a reach state with a probability of 100% in the current performance symbol game (see b→c). In this directing pattern game, the directing pattern of 3 rows becomes a big hit combination (see c→d) or a combination of losing reach (see c→e), and when the directing pattern of this time becomes a combination of big hits, the lucky mode ends according to the end of the directing pattern game of this time, and when the directing pattern game of this time becomes a combination of the directing pattern of 3 rows, the next directing pattern game is set as "first time". The lucky mode continues until the longest "7th" performance symbol game is completed. This lucky mode is a production mode in which the cumulative set time in the state where the game mode is set to the normal game mode is the second longest after the SP normal mode.

6-7. Super Lucky Mode FIG. 21 illustrates the super lucky mode. This super lucky mode is a performance mode for performing a performance suggesting to a player that the probability of a combination of three rows of performance symbols for a big win is temporarily higher than during the lucky mode, and is started by starting to display a super lucky background image as a background image of the performance pattern game (see a→b). This super lucky background image is set to an image simulating a woman doing banzai, and during the super lucky mode, the image of the performance symbol game is superimposed and displayed in front of the super lucky background image.

The super lucky mode is started at the same start timing Ts as each of the SP normal mode and the lucky mode (see a→b), and when the super lucky mode is started in the current performance pattern game, the performance symbols in the third row are in the reach state with 100% probability in the current performance pattern game (see b→c). In this directing pattern game, the directing pattern of 3 rows becomes a big hit combination (see c→d) or a combination of losing reach (see c→e), and when the directing pattern of this time becomes a big hit combination, the super lucky mode ends according to the end of this directing pattern game, and when the directing pattern game of this time becomes a combination of losing reach, the next directing pattern game is "1st time". , the super lucky mode continues until the longest "fourth" effect symbol game is completed. This super lucky mode is an effect mode having the second longest cumulative set time after the lucky mode when the game mode is set to the normal game mode.

6-8. Ultra Lucky Mode FIG. 22 illustrates the ultra lucky mode. This ultra lucky mode is a performance mode for performing a performance suggesting to a player that the probability of a combination of three rows of performance symbols for a big hit is temporarily higher than in the super lucky mode, and is started by starting to display an ultra lucky background image as a background image of the performance pattern game (see a→b). This ultra-lucky background image is set to an image simulating a jumping woman, and during the ultra-lucky mode, the image of the effect symbol game is superimposed and displayed in front of the ultra-lucky background image.

The ultra lucky mode is started at the same start timing Ts as each of the SP normal mode, the lucky mode and the super lucky mode (see a→b), and when the ultra lucky mode is started in the current performance pattern game, the performance symbols in the three rows are in a reach state with a probability of 100% (see b→c). In the current performance pattern game, the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a big hit (see c→d) or the combination of a losing reach (see c→e), and the ultra lucky mode ends when the performance symbol game of this time ends, regardless of the combination of the performance symbols of the three rows. This ultra lucky mode is a production mode with the shortest cumulative set time in a state where the game mode is set to the normal game mode.
6-9. Suspended production 1
As shown in FIG. 19(a), a holding display area H0 is set in the display area E of the performance symbol display device 28, and the sub-control circuit 60 starts displaying one holding image in the holding display area H0 in response to the start of displaying the image of the current performance symbol game. This sub-control circuit 60 erases the reserved image from the reserved display area H0 in response to stopping the display of the image of the current performance symbol game, and one reserved image is continuously displayed in the reserved display area H0 in the state where the image of the performance symbol game is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 19(a), reserved display areas H1 to H4 are set in the display area E of the performance symbol display 28. FIG. These reserved display areas H1 to H4 are arranged in a horizontal row, and the sub-control circuit 60 displays one reserved image in the reserved display area H1 when the special figure 1 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 4, displays one reserved image in the reserved display area H2 when the special figure 1 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 3, and holds display when the special figure 1 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 2. One reserved image is displayed in the area H3, and one reserved image is displayed in the reserved display area H4 when the special figure 1 prefetch data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetch receiving area 1. - 特許庁

As shown in FIG. 19(b), the sub-control circuit 60 displays a cloud image C as a retained image in each of the retained display areas H0 to H4 during the normal mode, and displays a heart image H as a retained image in each of the retained display areas H0 to H4 during the SP normal mode, as shown in FIG. 19(c). This sub-control circuit 60 can switch the normal mode to SP normal mode, lucky mode, super lucky mode, and ultra lucky mode at the start timing Ts of the state in which the image of the performance symbol game is displayed in the normal mode, and when the normal mode is switched to the SP normal mode, the heart image H is displayed as a pending image (see c), and when the normal mode is switched to any of the lucky mode, super lucky mode, and ultra lucky mode, the cloud image C is continuously displayed as a pending image (see FIGS. 20 to 22). ).

A sub-control circuit 60 can switch the SP normal mode to a lucky mode, a super lucky mode, and an ultra lucky mode at the start timing Ts of the state in which the image of the performance symbol game is displayed in the SP normal mode. This SP normal mode is an effect mode in which a heart image H is displayed as a pending image, and the sub-control circuit 60 displays the heart image H as a pending image when the SP normal mode is switched to one of the lucky mode and ultra lucky mode (see FIGS. 19(d) to (f)). That is, the pending effect 1 notifies the player of the special figure 1 pending number as the number of heart images H displayed or the number of cloud images C displayed in the pending display areas H1 to H4.

6-10. Hold performance 2
In the RAM of the sub-control circuit 60, as shown in FIG. 18 (e), the special figure 2 prefetch reception areas 1 to 4 are set, and the sub control circuit 60 receives the special figure 2 lookahead data from the main control circuit 40. Each time it receives the special figure 2 lookahead data, it stores the reception result of the special figure 2 lookahead data in any of the special figure 2 lookahead reception areas 1 to 4. These special figure 2 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 store and erase special figure 2 prefetching data in the same procedure as the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4, and the special figure 2 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 are always stored in the same order as the special figure 2 prefetching areas 1 to 4 of the main control circuit 40.

A sub-control circuit 60 starts to display one cloud image C in a holding display area H0 when the image of the current performance pattern game is started to be displayed in response to receiving the special figure 2 game data in a state where the performance mode is set to each of the chance mode, the speed mode and the super speed mode, and erases the one cloud image C from the holding display region H0 when the display of the image of the current performance symbol game is stopped. This sub-control circuit 60 displays one cloud image C in the holding display area H1 when the special figure 2 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 2 lookahead receiving area 4 during the chance mode to the super speed mode, displays one cloud image C in the holding display area H2 when the special figure 2 lookahead data is stored in the special figure 2 lookahead receiving area 3, and displays one cloud image C in the holding display area H3 when the special figure 2 lookahead data is stored in the special figure 2 lookahead receiving area 2. is displayed, and one cloud image C is displayed in the reservation display area H4 when the special figure 2 lookahead data is stored in the special figure 2 lookahead reception area 1. That is, the pending effect 2 is the effect of displaying the number of cloud images C corresponding to the special figure 2 pending number in the pending display areas H1 to H4, and is performed during the chance mode, the speed mode, and the super speed mode.

6-11. Suspended Look-Ahead Preview Effect FIGS. 23 and 24 illustrate the suspended look-ahead preview effect. This reserved look-ahead forewarning performance suggests to the player that in the ``fourth'' performance pattern game corresponding to the set-up image in the set-up display area H4, the performance patterns in the three rows will be combined with a big win with a probability of less than 100%, and is started by changing the color of the set-up image in the set-up display region H4 from the normal white color to the red forewarning color for informing the player that the set-up look-ahead forewarning performance is stopped (see a→b). This reserved look-ahead notice performance is started at the notice timing T1 during the current performance pattern game, and the notice timing T1 is set within a period after the start of the scroll display of the performance symbols in three rows and before the start timing Ts of the SP normal mode to the ultra lucky mode. This reserved look-ahead announcement effect is started during the normal mode and the SP normal mode, respectively, and is not started during the lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the ultra lucky mode.

As shown in FIGS. 23(a) and 23(b), the pending prefetching forewarning effect is started by changing the color of the cloud image C in the pending display region H4 from the normal color to the red forewarning color when the cloud image C is displayed. When the pending prefetching forewarning effect is started in the display state of the cloud image C, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 23(d), the cloud image C is displayed in the forewarning color in the reservation display area H2 when the "second" production symbol game is started, the cloud image C is displayed in the reservation display area H1 in the forewarning color when the "third" production design game is started as shown in FIG. is displayed in the warning color. The ``fourth'' performance pattern game corresponding to the cloud image C of the notice color is terminated when the performance patterns of the three rows are displaced to form a combination of reach or a big win, and the cloud image C of the notice color in the reserved display area H0 is erased when the ``fourth'' performance pattern game is finished.

As shown in FIGS. 24(a) and 24(b), when the heart image H is displayed, the color of the heart image H in the reserved display area H4 is changed from the normal color to the red notice color. When the reserved prefetch notice effect is started in the display state of the heart image H, the heart image H is displayed in the reserved display area H3 in the notice color when the next "first" production symbol game is started, as shown in FIG. 24(c). As shown in FIG. 24(d), a heart image H is displayed in the forewarning color in the reserved display area H2 when the "second" effect symbol game is started, and as shown in FIG. is displayed in the warning color. The ``fourth'' performance pattern game corresponding to the heart image of the notice color is terminated when the performance symbols of the three rows are combined with a reach or a combination of big hits, and the heart image H of the notice color in the reserved display area H0 is erased when the ``fourth'' performance pattern game is finished.

25 is activated each time the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40, the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not to start the pending pre-reading announcement effect in the pending pre-reading announcement process, and when it is determined to start the pending pre-reading announcement effect during the normal mode, changes the cloud image C in the pending display area H4 from the normal color to the announcement color at the announcement timing T1 of the present effect symbol game, and the suspended pre-reading during the SP normal mode. When it is determined to start the notice effect, the heart image H in the reserved display area H4 is changed from the normal color to the notice color at the notice timing T1 of the present effect symbol game.

The sub-control circuit 60 moves to S201 when the pending prefetching notice process is activated, and determines whether or not the current effect mode is the normal mode. When it is determined that the mode is the normal mode, the process proceeds to S202, and when it is determined that the mode is not the normal mode, the process proceeds to S210. In this S210, it is determined whether or not the current production mode is the SP normal mode, and when it is determined that it is the SP normal mode, the process proceeds to S202. That is, the pending prefetch announcement effect is started during the normal mode and during the SP normal mode, respectively, and is not started during the lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the ultra lucky mode.

When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S202, it determines whether or not the pending prefetch announcement effect is being stopped. Here, when the cloud image C or the heart image H is not displayed in any of the reserved display areas H0 to H4 in the advance notice color, it is judged that the reserved prefetch advance notice effect is stopped, and in S203, it is judged whether or not the special figure 1 prefetch data exists in all the special figure 1 prefetch receiving areas 1 to 4. - 特許庁Here, when it is determined that the special figure 1 look-ahead data are present in all of the special figure 1 look-ahead receiving areas 1 to 4, the process proceeds to S204, and it is determined whether or not there is a deviation judgment result in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data for the present performance symbol game. Here, when it is determined that there is a deviation determination result, the process proceeds to S205, and it is determined whether or not there is a deviation prefetching result in all three of the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 4 for the "first" performance symbol game, the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 3 for the "second" performance symbol game, and the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 2 for the "third" performance symbol game. Here, when it is determined that all the three have out-of-order look-ahead results, the process shifts to S206, and it is determined whether or not there is a jackpot look-ahead result in the special figure 1 look-ahead receiving area 1 for the ``fourth'' performance symbol game.

If the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S206 that there is a big hit prefetch result in the special figure 1 prefetch receiving area 1, it determines with a high probability of less than 100% that the pending prefetch notice effect is started in S207, and if it is determined in S206 that there is no big hit prefetch result in the special figure 1 prefetch receiving area 1, in S208, the special figure 1 prefetch receiving area 1 is out. 5” is determined. Here, when it is determined that there is a look-ahead result of the special figure fluctuation pattern for the out reach production, the process proceeds to S209, and when the pending look-ahead announcement production is started, it is judged with a low probability of over 0%. That is, the reserved look-ahead forewarning performance is suggested to the player with a probability of less than 100% when the performance patterns of the three rows become a big hit combination, and in the ``fourth'' performance pattern game corresponding to the cloud image C or the heart image H of the foretelling color, the performance symbols of the three rows are the combination of the big hit or the combination of the winning reach.

FIG. 26 explains the transition of the production mode by lottery among the normal mode, the SP normal mode, the lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the ultra lucky mode. The normal mode is an effect mode that is initially set when the main power is turned on, and is an effect mode in which the cumulative set time is the longest when the game mode is set to the normal game mode. This normal mode can shift to all four of the SP normal mode, the ultra lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the lucky mode by lottery while the pending prefetch preview effect is stopped (see a), and can shift to two of the lucky mode and the super lucky mode by lottery during the execution of the pending prefetch preview effect (see b). The SP normal mode is an effect mode that differs from the normal mode only in terms of image. This SP normal mode can be shifted to three modes of ultra lucky mode, super lucky mode, and lucky mode by lottery while the pending prefetch preview effect is stopped (see c), and can be shifted to two modes of super lucky mode and lucky mode by lottery while the pending prefetch preview effect is being executed (see d).

6-12. Mode Lottery Effect FIG. 27 explains the mode lottery effect. This mode lottery effect is performed during the effect pattern game in the normal mode and during the effect symbol game in the SP normal mode, respectively. In the normal mode when the pending foreknowledge effect is stopped, the player is notified in advance which of the four normal modes the normal mode will shift to: the SP normal mode, the lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the ultra lucky mode. prior notice to the person concerned. This mode lottery effect informs the player in advance whether the normal mode shifts to the lucky mode or the super lucky mode by lottery in the normal mode in which the pending prefetch advance notice effect is being executed, and informs the player in advance whether the SP normal mode shifts to the lucky mode or the super lucky mode by lottery in the SP normal mode in which the reserve prefetch notice effect is being executed.

The mode lottery performance of FIG. 27 is started at the performance start timing Tps before the notice timing T1 of the reserved look-ahead notice performance and the start timing Ts of the performance mode, and is stopped at the performance end timing Tpe before the start timing Ts of the performance mode. In this mode lottery effect, a winning image Wo (see a), a winning image Wl (see b), a winning image Ws (see c), and a winning image Wu (see d) are variably displayed in the lottery display area Ew in the upper left corner of the performance pattern display device 28 in a cyclical order of "winning image Wo→winning image Wl→winning image Ws→winning image Wu→winning image Wl." When the winning image Wo is statically displayed in the display area Ew, the SP normal background image starts to be displayed at the start timing Ts in response to the start of the SP normal mode, and when the winning image Wl is statically displayed, the lucky background image starts to be displayed at the start timing Ts in response to the lucky mode being started. An ultra-lucky background image starts to be displayed in response to the start of the lucky mode.

The mode determination processing of FIG. 28 is started after the reservation prefetching notice processing of FIG. 26 each time the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40, and the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not to change the current performance mode to another performance mode in the mode determination processing, and when it is determined to change the current performance mode to another performance mode, it starts another performance mode at the start timing Ts during the current performance symbol game.

When the sub-control circuit 60 starts the mode determination process, it determines whether or not the special figure 1 reservation number is the maximum "4" in S221 of FIG. If it is determined that the special figure 1 pending number is the maximum here, the process proceeds to S222, and it is determined whether or not the current production mode is the normal mode. If it is determined that the mode is the normal mode, the process proceeds to S223, and it is determined whether or not the pending prefetching announcement effect is being stopped. Here, when the cloud image C of the forewarning color is displayed in any of the pending display areas H0 to H4, it is determined that the pending prefetching foreshadowing effect is being executed, and the process proceeds to S234 in FIG.

A sub-control circuit 60 judges that the pending prefetching preliminary announcement effect is being stopped in S223 of FIG. 28 when the cloud image C of the preliminary announcement color is not displayed in any of the pending display areas H0 to H4, and draws a lottery as to whether or not to set the start of the SP normal mode in S224. This lottery processing is performed so that a lottery will be drawn when the SP normal mode is started with a probability of "1/100", and the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the start of the SP normal mode has been drawn by lottery in S225 when S224 is finished. If it is determined here that the start of the SP normal mode has not been selected by lottery, the process proceeds to S231 in FIG.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines that the start of the SP normal mode is selected in S225 of FIG. 28, it sets the start of the SP normal mode in S226, and sets the execution of the mode lottery effect in S227. This mode lottery effect is set to end with the static display of the winning image Wo, and when the sub-control circuit 60 finishes S227, it sets the value of the counter N to "10" in S228. In the state of "N>0", the sub-control circuit 60 subtracts "1" from the value of the counter N each time the image of the effect symbol game for the special figure 1 game is stopped. That is, during the normal mode, the SP normal mode is set by lottery on the condition that the pending prefetching advance notice effect is stopped, and the SP normal mode is not set during execution of the pending prefetching notice effect.

When the sub-control circuit 60 judges that the current production mode is not the normal mode in S222 of FIG. 28, it judges whether the current production mode is the SP normal mode in S229. If it is determined that it is the SP normal mode here, the process proceeds to S230, and it is determined whether or not the pending prefetching announcement effect is being executed. Here, when the heart image H of the notice color is not displayed in any of the reserved display areas H0 to H4, it is judged that the reserved prefetch notice effect is stopped and the process shifts to S231 of FIG.

When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S231 in FIG. 29, it determines whether or not the receiving result of the special figure 1 game data for the present effect symbol game has a big hit determination result. If it is determined that there is a big hit determination result, the process proceeds to S232, and determination is made with a very high probability of less than 100% when the ultra lucky mode is started. When this sub-control circuit 60 determines in S231 that there is no judgment result of a big hit in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data, in S241 it judges whether or not there is any judgment result "PH01 to PH05" of the special figure variation pattern for out reach performance in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. If it is determined that there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern for the out reach production here, the process proceeds to S242, and when the ultra lucky mode is started, determination is made with a very low probability of over 0%. That is, the ultra-lucky mode is started in each of the normal mode and the SP normal mode in which the reserved pre-reading notice effect is stopped, and is not started in the normal mode and the SP normal mode in which the reserved pre-reading notice effect is being executed, and when the ultra-lucky mode is started, the combination of the big hit or the combination of the losing reach is made after the three lines of the effect patterns are in the ready-to-win state on the ultra-lucky background image.

After completing S232 or S242, the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S233 whether or not the start of the ultra lucky mode has been determined. Here, when it is determined that the ultra lucky mode is to be started, the process proceeds to S249, and it is determined that the mode lottery effect is executed. This mode lottery effect is set to end with the static display of the winning image Wu, and the sub-control circuit 60 sets the value of the counter N to "1" in S250 when S249 ends.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S233 that the start of the ultra lucky mode has not been determined, the process proceeds to S234. This sub-control circuit 60 shifts from S223 or S230 in FIG. 28 to S234 in FIG. 29 without determining whether or not to start the ultra-lucky mode in each of the normal mode and the SP normal mode in which the pending pre-reading notice effect is being executed, and the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not there is a big hit pre-reading result in any one of the special figure 1 pre-reading receiving areas 1 to 4 when shifting to S234.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S234 that there is a result of prefetching a big hit, it proceeds to S235 and detects the mode table 1 from the ROM. FIG. 30(a) is the mode table 1. FIG. This mode table 1 assigns a high selection probability to the super lucky mode and a low selection probability to the lucky mode. When the sub-control circuit 60 detects the mode table 1 in S235 of FIG.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S234 that there is no big hit prefetching result in any of the special figure 1 prefetching receiving areas 1 to 4, in S243 it is determined whether or not there is any of the prefetching results "PH01 to PH05" of the special figure fluctuation pattern for the out reach performance in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 1 for the "fourth" performance symbol game. Here, when it is determined that there is a look-ahead result of the special figure fluctuation pattern for the out reach production, the process proceeds to S244, and the mode table 2 is detected from the ROM. FIG. 30(b) is the mode table 2. FIG. This mode table 2 assigns a high selection probability to the lucky mode and a low selection probability to the super lucky mode. When the sub-control circuit 60 detects the mode table 2 in S244 of FIG.

The selection probability of the ultra lucky mode is set so that the probability Xu is the highest among the probability Xu of the combination of the three rows of performance patterns to be a big win during the ultra lucky mode, the probability Xs of the combination of the big win during the super lucky mode and the probability Xl of the combination of big wins during the lucky mode. The selection probability of the super lucky mode in the mode table 1 and the mode table 2 is set so that the probability Xs is intermediate among the probability Xu, the probability Xs, and the probability Xl, and the probability Xl is the lowest, and the player's expectation for the performance mode from the player's viewpoint increases in the order of [1] normal mode → [2] SP normal mode → [3] lucky mode → [4] super lucky mode → [5] ultra lucky mode.

After completing S236 of FIG. 29, the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the lucky mode has been selected in S237. If it is determined here that the lucky mode has been selected, the process proceeds to S238 to set the start of the lucky mode. Then, in S239, the value of the counter N is set to "7", and in S240, execution of the mode lottery effect is determined. This mode lottery performance is set to end with the static display of the winning image Wl, and when the normal mode or the SP normal mode shifts to the lucky mode, three rows of performance patterns are in a reach state on the lucky background image.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S237 of FIG. 29 that the lucky mode has not been selected, it determines in S245 whether or not the super lucky mode has been selected. If it is determined here that the super lucky mode has been selected, the process proceeds to S246 to set the start of the super lucky mode. Then, in S247, the value of the counter N is set to "4", and in S248, execution of the mode lottery effect is determined. This mode lottery performance is set so as to end with the still display of the winning image Ws, and when the normal mode or the SP normal mode shifts to the super lucky mode, three rows of performance patterns are in a ready-to-win state on the super lucky background image.

The mode stop processing of FIG. 30 (c) is started each time the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 fluctuation stop command from the main control circuit 40, and the sub-control circuit 60 compares the value of the counter N with "0" in S261 when the mode stop processing is started. If "N>0" is determined here, the process proceeds to S262 and "1" is subtracted from the value of the counter N. Then, in S263, the subtraction result of the value of the counter N is compared with "0", and when "N=0" is determined, the process proceeds to S264.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines "N>0" in S263, it proceeds to S265, and determines whether or not there is a big hit determination result in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data for the present effect symbol game. If it is determined that there is a big hit determination result, the value of the counter N is set to "0" in S266, and the process proceeds to S264. When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S264, during the SP normal mode, it is set to end the SP normal mode with the current performance pattern game, during the lucky mode, it is set to end the lucky mode with the current performance pattern game, during the super lucky mode, it is set to end the super lucky mode with this performance pattern game, and during the ultra lucky mode, it is set to end the ultra lucky mode with this performance pattern game.

FIG. 31(a) explains the flow of the ultra lucky mode. This ultra-lucky mode allows transition from the normal mode and the SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching forewarning effect is stopped, and disables the transition from the normal mode and the SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching foretelling effect is being executed. This ultra-lucky mode is started by switching the background image to the ultra-lucky background image during the current performance pattern game, and in the current performance pattern game, the three rows of performance symbols go through the reach state on the ultra-lucky background image and become a big hit combination or a losing reach combination. This ultra lucky mode ends when the present effect symbol game ends.

FIG. 31(b) explains the flow of the super lucky mode. This super lucky mode can be transferred from each of the normal mode and SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching notice effect is stopped, and can also be transferred from each of the normal mode and SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching notice effect is being executed. This super lucky mode is started by switching the background image to the super lucky background image during the present production pattern game, and in the present production pattern game, the three rows of production patterns are on the super lucky background image through the ready-to-win state, and become a big hit combination or a losing reach combination. In the present performance pattern game, when the performance patterns of the three rows are combined into a big hit, the super lucky mode is terminated in response to the end of the performance pattern game of this time, and when the performance symbols of the three rows are off and become a ready-to-win combination, the super lucky mode is continued.

When the super lucky mode continues, the next first production pattern game is started with the super lucky background image. In the first performance pattern game, when the performance patterns of the three rows form a big hit combination, the super lucky mode is terminated in accordance with the end of the first performance pattern game, and when the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a losing reach or a combination of a complete failure, the super lucky mode is continued. When this super lucky mode continues, the next second production pattern game is started with the super lucky background image. In the second performance pattern game, when the performance symbols of the three rows form a big winning combination, the super lucky mode is terminated in accordance with the end of the second performance pattern game, and when the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a winning reach or a combination of complete failure, the super lucky mode is continued.

When the super lucky mode continues, the next third production pattern game is started with the super lucky background image. In the third performance pattern game, when the performance patterns of the three rows form a big winning combination, the super lucky mode is terminated in response to the completion of the third performance pattern game, and when the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a losing reach or a combination of a complete failure, the super lucky mode is continued. When this super lucky mode continues, the next fourth performance symbol game is started with a super lucky background image. In this fourth performance symbol game, the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a big win or a winning reach combination, and the super lucky mode is terminated when the fourth performance symbol game is completed.

FIG. 32 illustrates an example of a case where the super lucky mode is started in the normal mode in which the reserved look-ahead advance notice effect is being executed. In this case, the color of the cloud image C in the reserved display area H4 changes from the normal color to the notice color during the "0th" production symbol game (see a→b), the cloud image C in the notice color is displayed in the reservation display area H3 in response to the start of the "first" production symbol game, the cloud image C in the notice color is displayed in the reservation display area H2 in response to the start of the "second" production symbol game, and the "3rd" production symbol is displayed. In accordance with the start of the game, the cloud image C of the notice color is displayed in the reserved display area H1 (see c). For example, when the special figure 1 reservation number is "4 times" during this time, the super lucky mode effect is started with the cloud image C of the notice color displayed in the reservation display area H1 (see c → d). Then, in the ``fourth'' performance pattern game corresponding to the cloud image C of the notice color, the cloud image C of the notice color is displayed in the reserved display area H0 (see e), and the performance patterns of the three rows become a big win combination (see e→f) or a winning reach combination (see e→h).

When the ``fourth'' performance pattern game results in a big winning combination of the performance patterns of the three rows, the super lucky mode is terminated, and a chance background image is displayed from the next performance pattern game in accordance with the setting of the performance mode to the chance mode (see f→g). In the ``fourth'' performance pattern game, the super lucky mode is terminated even when the three rows of performance symbols are displaced and a ready-to-win combination is formed, and the normal background image is displayed from the next performance pattern game in accordance with the setting of the performance mode to the normal mode (see h→i).

FIG. 33 explains the flow of the lucky mode. This lucky mode can be transferred from each of the normal mode and SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching notice effect is stopped, and can also be transferred from each of the normal mode and SP normal mode in which the pending prefetching notice effect is being executed. This lucky mode is started by switching the background image to the lucky background image in the present effect symbol game. In the current performance pattern game, the performance symbols in the three rows become a combination of a big win or a combination of a winning reach, and when the performance symbols in the three rows become a combination of the big win, the lucky mode is terminated when the performance symbol game of this time ends.

The lucky mode ends in the same flow as the super lucky mode performance except that the maximum value of the number of times of continuation is ``7'', and when the ``first'' to ``sixth'' performance pattern games result in a winning combination of three rows of performance patterns, the lucky mode ends with the present performance pattern game. This lucky mode continues in the same flow as the super lucky mode, and when the three rows of performance symbols come off in each of the ``1st'' to ``6th'' performance pattern games, the combination of ready-to-reach or complete failure occurs, the lucky mode continues until the next performance pattern game, and in the ``7th'' performance pattern game, the lucky mode is terminated regardless of the type of combination of the 3 rows of performance symbols.

7-1. Main Processing When the power is turned on, the sub-control circuit 60 detects the main processing program of FIG. 34(a) from the ROM, sets access permission to the RAM at S101, and sets interrupt prohibition at S102. Then, in the random number update process of S103, the values of the plurality of random numbers in the RAM are updated, and after enabling the interrupt in S104, S102 to S104 are repeated. While this interrupt is enabled, start-up of reception interrupt processing in S105 and timer interrupt processing in S106 is permitted.
8-2. Receiving Interrupt Processing The sub-control circuit 60 starts the receiving interrupt processing of S105 each time the STB signal from the main control circuit 40 is input to the INT terminal. This reception interrupt processing is executed with priority over the timer interrupt processing of S106, and the sub-control circuit 60 stores the commands and the like transmitted by the main control circuit 40 in the output processing of S11 of FIG.

8-3. Timer Interrupt Processing The sub-control circuit 60 starts timer interrupt processing in S106 each time a timer interrupt signal is input at a constant cycle. FIG. 34(b) is the timer interrupt process of S106, and the sub-control circuit 60 performs the received command analysis process of S111 and the prize ball acquisition effect process of S112 in the timer interrupt process. This sub-control circuit 60 displays an image of prize ball win effect on the effect symbol display 28 in accordance with the execution of the prize ball win effect process of S112.

8-3-1. Received command analysis process Figure 35 (a) is the received command analysis process of S111, the sub-control circuit 60 from the main control circuit 40 in S121 special figure 1 look-ahead data or special figure 2 look-ahead data is stored in the reception buffer or not. If it is determined that the special figure 1 prefetch data or the special figure 2 prefetch data is stored here, the process moves to S122, and the special figure 1 prefetch data or the special figure 2 prefetch data of the reception buffer is shifted to the special figure prefetch area of the RAM. In this special figure prefetching area, special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 and special figure 2 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 are set, and the sub control circuit 60 shifts the special figure 1 prefetching data to any of the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 in the same procedure as the main control circuit 40, and shifts the special figure 2 prefetching data to any of the special figure 2 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 in the same procedure as the main control circuit 40. That is, the same special figure 1 prefetch data and special figure 2 prefetch data as the main control circuit 40 are stored in the RAM of the sub control circuit 60 .

The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether the special figure 1 game data or the special figure 2 game data from the main control circuit 40 is stored in the reception buffer at S123 in FIG. 35(a). Here, when it is determined that the special figure 1 game data or the special figure 2 game data is stored, the symbol game effect start processing of S124 is executed. Figure 35 (b) is the symbol game effect start processing of S124, the sub-control circuit 60 in S141 special figure 1 game data (determination result of winning or not, determination result of big hit type, determination result of special figure fluctuation pattern and determination result of presence or absence of falling) Detect the reception result of special figure 2 game data (determination result of winning or not, judgment result of big hit type, judgment result of special figure fluctuation pattern and judgment result of presence or absence of falling) from the reception buffer. 25 and the mode determination process of FIGS. 28 to 29 are executed in the symbol game effect start process of S124.

After completing S141 in FIG. 35(b), the sub-control circuit 60 sets a combination of three lines of effect symbols in S142. The performance patterns of the three rows are set to odd-numbered "big-win combination" when the detection result of win/fail is "big win" and the detection result of big-win type is "big-win pattern 1" and "big-win pattern 3", and are set to even-numbered "big-win combination" when the detection result of win/fail is "big win" and the detection result of big-win type is "big win pattern 2". This effect pattern is set to "combination of failure reach" when the detection result of the variation pattern is "PH01 to PH05" for failure when the detection result of right or wrong is "off", and is set to "combination of complete failure" when the detection result of the variation pattern is "PH06 to PH08" for complete failure. When S142 is finished, the sub-control circuit 60 detects the video data corresponding to the detection result of the variation pattern in S143 from the CGROM, and starts displaying the image of the performance symbol game on the performance symbol display 28 according to the start of reproduction of the detection result of the video data.

The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the fluctuation stop command 1 or the fluctuation stop command 2 from the main control circuit 40 is stored in the reception buffer at S125 of FIG. The mode stop processing of FIG. 30(c) is executed in the symbol game effect stop processing of S126.

The sub-control circuit 60 judges whether or not the jackpot game start command from the main control circuit 40 is stored in the reception buffer at S127 in FIG. 35(a), and when it judges that the jackpot game start command is stored, it starts displaying the background image for the jackpot game production on the production pattern display 28 in response to the start of reproduction of the video data for the jackpot game production in the jackpot game production start processing at S128. The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not a big-hit game stop command from the main control circuit 40 is stored in a reception buffer at S129, and when it determines that the big-hit game stop command is stored, it erases the background image for the big-hit game performance in accordance with stopping the reproduction of the video data for the big-hit game performance in the big-hit game performance stop processing at S130.

According to the first embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
When the cloud image C of the notice color is displayed while the image of the performance pattern game is superimposed on the normal background image, it is suggested to the player that there is a big win in the result of pre-reading of winning or losing. When the background image of the production pattern game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image in this look-ahead state, the image of the production pattern game is superimposed on the lucky background image or the super lucky background image while the display of the cloud image C of the notice color is continued (see FIG. 32), so that the display contents of the production pattern display 28 have a large visual change from the player's eyes. In addition, since the background image of the production pattern game cannot be switched from the normal background image to the SP normal background image and the ultra-lucky background image in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color, the valuableness of the image having a large change is enhanced. Therefore, when the image of the performance pattern game is displayed in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color so as to be overlapped with the lucky background image or the super lucky background image, the player's expectation for the fact that there is a big hit in the pre-read result of success or failure is heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

A player is suggested that the probability of informing a big hit by the image of the performance pattern game is increased by switching the background image of the performance pattern game from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image in the non-display state of the cloud image C of the notice color. Therefore, when switching from the normal background image to the super lucky background image is executed in the display state of the cloud image C of the foretelling color, the player's expectation for the big win in the result of pre-reading of success or failure is greatly enhanced.
When the background image of the performance pattern game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color, the image of the performance pattern game is displayed superimposed on the lucky background image or the super lucky background image up to 4 times, and the cloud image C of the notice color is continued with the image of the performance pattern game ``four times'' at the maximum, so that the player's expectation for the big win in the foreseeing result of success or failure is continued for a long time.
Since it is previously suggested to the player which of the normal mode, the SP normal mode, the lucky mode, the super lucky mode, and the ultra lucky mode the performance mode can be switched to according to the execution of the mode lottery performance during the performance pattern game, the amusement of the game is improved.

When the cloud image C in the preview color is started to be displayed in the reserved display area H4 while the image of the effect symbol game is superimposed on the normal background image, it is suggested to the player that a big hit will be reported in the ``fourth'' effect symbol game corresponding to the cloud image C in the reserved display area H4, and each time the image of the effect symbol game is newly displayed, the display area of the cloud image C in the notice color is changed to the reserved display area H3→reserved display area H2→reserved display area H1. → Change to the reserved display area H0. When the background image of the effect symbol game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image while the cloud image C of the notice color is displayed in the reserved display area H4, the cloud image C of the notice color is continuously displayed until the display of the "fourth time" effect symbol game image is stopped. When the background image of the effect symbol game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image while the cloud image C of the effect symbol game is displayed in the reserved display area H2, the cloud image C of the herald color is continuously displayed until the image of the effect symbol game of the "second time" stops being displayed, and the cloud image C of the foretell color is displayed in the suspend display area H1. If the background image of the production symbol game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image while the background image of the production symbol game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image, the display of the image of the production symbol game this time is stopped if the background image of the production symbol game is switched from the normal background image to the lucky background image or the super lucky background image while the cloud image C of the announcement color is displayed in the holding display area H0 in a state where the cloud image C of the announcement color is displayed continuously until the display of the "first" production symbol game image is stopped. Since the cloud image C in the forewarning color is continuously displayed until it is displayed, the display contents of the production pattern display 28 have a large visual change from the player's eye level. As a result, the player's expectation for the notification of the big win in the performance symbol game corresponding to the cloud image C of the foretelling color is heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

The image of the performance pattern game is displayed in either normal mode, SP normal mode or super lucky mode. In the normal mode, the cloud image C is displayed as a pending image, and the pending prefetching preview effect can be executed. The SP normal mode displays a heart image H as a pending image. In this SP normal mode, the pending prefetching advance notice effect can be executed, and the transition from the normal mode to the SP normal mode can be executed while the pending prefetching notice effect is stopped, and is disabled during the execution of the pending prefetching notice effect. The super lucky mode suggests to the player that there is a big win in the prefetch result of success or failure according to the display of the super lucky background image, and it is possible to shift from each of the normal mode and the SP normal mode even when the suspended prefetch announcement performance is stopped or being executed. When the Super Lucky Mode is shifted from the normal mode, the cloud image C is displayed as the pending image, and when the SP normal mode is shifted, the heart image H is displayed as the pending image. Therefore, each of the cloud image C and the heart image H is displayed in the preview color superimposed on the super lucky background image. In this super lucky mode, the player's expectation for the big win is greatly heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

[Example 2]
10-1. Big Win Notice Effect FIG. 36 explains the big win notice effect. This big win notice performance is a performance in which a big win notice image 1 (see a→b) or a big win notice image 2 (see a→c) is cut-in displayed in a state in which three rows of performance patterns are scrolled and displayed, suggesting to the player that the three rows of performance patterns will be a big winning combination in the current performance pattern game. The big hit notice process of FIG. 36 (d) is started every time the sub control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40, and the sub control circuit 60 determines whether or not to execute the big hit notice performance and the type of the big win notice image in the big win notice process, and when it is determined to execute the big hit notice performance, it executes the big hit notice performance in the present performance symbol game according to the judgment result of the kind of the big win notice image.

A sub-control circuit 60 judges whether or not the current performance mode is the normal mode in S271 when the big win advance notice processing is started, and judges whether or not the reception result of the special figure 1 game data has the judgment result of the big win in S272 when judging that it is the normal mode. Here, when it is determined that there is a judgment result of a big hit, the process proceeds to S273, and when it is judged that there is no judgment result of a big hit, the process proceeds to S274.

The sub-control circuit 60 determines with a low probability that the big hit notice performance is executed when proceeding to S273, and determines with a very low probability (<low probability) that the big win notice performance is executed when proceeding to S274. In each of these S273 and S274, when it is determined to execute the big-hit announcement effect, the display of the big-hit announcement image 1 and the display of the big-hit announcement image 2 are determined with a probability of "50%".

10-2. Rush Mode FIG. 37 illustrates Rush Mode. This rush mode is started when the current production mode is the normal mode, and during the rush mode, the player is informed that the rush mode is in progress according to the display of an announcement image of "running the rush mode" superimposed on the normal background image (see b to c). The rush mode is terminated when a set time '10 minutes' elapses based on the start of the rush mode, and when the rush mode is terminated, the player is notified of the termination of the rush mode in accordance with the disappearance of the announcement image of 'the rush mode is being activated'. This rush mode is a mode in which the big win notice performance is performed at a higher probability than the stop state of the rush mode, and the display of the big win notice image 1 (see a→b) and the display of the big win notice image 2 (see a→c) are performed with high frequency during the rush mode.

The rush mode process of FIG. 37(d) is started each time the sub control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40, and the sub control circuit 60 determines whether or not to execute the big hit notice effect in the rush mode process. Execute with the judgment result.

A sub-control circuit 60 judges whether or not the rush mode is in progress at S281 when the rush mode processing is started, and judges whether or not the receiving result of the special figure 1 game data has a jackpot judgment result at S282 when judging that the rush mode is in progress. Here, when it is determined that there is a judgment result of a big hit, the process proceeds to S283, and when it is judged that there is no judgment result of a big hit, the process proceeds to S284. When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S283, it judges with medium probability (>low probability of S273) that the big win advance notice performance is executed, and when it judges that the big win advance notice performance is executed, it judges the display of the big win notice image 1 and the big win notice image 2 with the probability of ``50%''. When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S284, it determines with a low probability (>extremely low probability of S274) that the big win advance notice performance is executed, and when it is determined to execute the big win advance notice performance, the display of the big win advance notice image 1 and the display of the big win advance notice image 2 are each judged with a probability of ``50%''.

10-3. RTC Mode FIG. 38 illustrates the RTC mode. This RTC mode is started when the current time reaches the set time every two hours in the normal mode, and during the RTC mode, the player is notified that the RTC mode is in progress by displaying an announcement image of "RTC mode active" superimposed on the normal background image (see b). This RTC mode is terminated when the set time '10 minutes' elapses based on the start of the RTC mode, and when the RTC mode is terminated, the player is notified of the termination of the RTC mode in accordance with the deletion of the announcement image of 'RTC mode being activated'.

The "dinosaur" jackpot preview image 3 in FIG. 38(b) is an image that is displayed only during the RTC mode, and is an image that is not displayed except during the RTC mode. This big win notice image 3 is cut-in displayed in a state in which three rows of performance patterns are scrolled (see a→b), and suggests to the player that the three rows of performance patterns will be a big hit combination in the current performance pattern game. The probability that the performance patterns of the three rows will be combined with the big win when the big win notice image 3 is displayed is set higher than the probability that the performance symbols of the three rows will be combined with the big win when the big win notice image 1 is displayed and when the big win notice image 2 is displayed.

The RTC mode processing of FIG. 38(c) is started each time the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40, and the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not to display the big hit notice image 3 in the RTC mode processing, and displays the big hit notice image 3 in the present effect symbol game when it is determined to display the big hit notice image 3. When the RTC mode process is activated, the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the RTC mode is in progress at S291. If it is determined that it is in the RTC mode here, the process proceeds to S292, and it is determined whether or not there is a big hit determination result in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. If it is determined that there is a judgment result of a big hit here, the process proceeds to S293, and if the big hit notice image 3 is displayed, it is judged with a probability of 100%. If the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S292 that there is no jackpot judgment result in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data, it proceeds to S294 and judges with a very low probability that the jackpot notice image 3 is displayed.

39 is executed by the sub control circuit 60 in place of the mode determination processing of FIGS. 28 and 29. The sub control circuit 60 determines whether or not to start the rush mode and the RTC mode in the mode transition processing, and when it is determined to start the rush mode, it starts the rush mode at the start timing Ts during the current performance symbol game, and when it is determined to start the RTC mode, it starts the RTC mode at the start timing Ts during the current performance symbol game.

The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the current presentation mode is the normal mode in S301 when the mode transition processing is started. If it is determined that the mode is the normal mode, the process proceeds to S302, and it is determined whether or not the cloud image C is displayed in the preview color in any of the reserved display areas H0 to H4. If it is determined that the cloud image C is not displayed in the forewarning color in any of the reserved display areas H0 to H4, the process proceeds to S303 to determine whether or not to start the rush mode. This determination process is performed by lottery so that the rush mode is determined to start with a probability of "1/100", and the sub-control circuit 60 proceeds to S304 when S303 is completed.

When the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S304, it detects the lottery result of the rush mode. Here, when it is determined that the lottery result of the rush mode is winning, the rush mode is started at the start timing Ts during the current performance pattern game in S305, and when it is determined that the lottery result of the rush mode is losing, the current time is compared with each of a plurality of set times for the RTC mode in S306. If it is determined that the current time is one of a plurality of set times, the RTC mode is started at the start timing Ts during the current production symbol game in S307.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S302 that the cloud image C is displayed in any of the reserved display areas H0 to H4 in the forewarning color, it proceeds to S306, and when it determines that the current time is one of a plurality of set times, it starts the RTC mode at the start timing Ts during the current performance symbol game in S307. In other words, the RTC mode can be started in the normal mode even when the suspended prefetch preview performance is stopped or being executed, and when the RTC mode is started during the execution of the suspended prefetch preview performance, the forecast color cloud image C is continuously displayed until the duration of the RTC mode reaches the upper limit value "10 minutes" or until the performance pattern game corresponding to the forecast color cloud image C is completed. The rush mode can be started while the pending prefetching forewarning effect is stopped, and cannot be started while the pending prefetching forewarning effect is being executed. Incidentally, the SP normal mode, lucky mode, super lucky mode, and ultra lucky mode of the first embodiment are abolished.

According to the second embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
When the background image of the performance pattern game is switched from the normal background image to the RTC mode background image in the state that the cloud image C of the notice color is displayed on the performance pattern display 28, the RTC mode background image is displayed as the background image of the performance pattern game while the display of the cloud image C of the notice color is continued, so that the display contents of the performance pattern display 28 have a large visual change from the player's eyes. Moreover, since the background image of the production pattern game cannot be switched from the normal background image to the rush mode background image in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color, the valuableness of the image having a large change is enhanced. Therefore, when the RTC mode background image is displayed in the display state of the cloud image C of the foretelling color, the player's expectation for the fact that the result of pre-reading of success or failure has a hit is heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

[Example 3]
The pending notice process of FIG. 40(d) is executed by the sub-control circuit 60 in place of the pending pre-reading notice process of FIG. If it is determined that it is normal mode here, it is determined whether or not there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PO01" in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data in S312. This special figure variation pattern 'PO01' is for displaying the battle image BL1 of the ending of victory, and the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to S313 when judging that there is a judgment result of the special figure variation pattern 'PO01', and judges with a high probability that the holding notice performance is executed in the current performance pattern game.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines that there is no determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PO01", it proceeds to S314, and determines whether or not there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PH01" in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. This special figure variation pattern 'PH01' is for displaying the battle image BL1 of the ending of defeat, and when the sub-control circuit 60 determines that there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern 'PH01', it shifts to S315 and determines with a low probability that the holding notice performance is executed in the current performance pattern game.

The suspension notice effect is to change the color of the cloud image C in the suspension display area H0 for the present effect symbol game from the normal color to the notice color at the notice timing T1 (see a→b). When this pending notice performance is executed in the current performance pattern game, a ready-to-win state occurs with a probability of 100% in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color, and after the battle image BL1 is started to be displayed with a probability of 100% in the display state of the cloud image C of the notice color (see b→c), the performance symbols of the three rows become a combination of a big win or a combination of a winning reach. That is, the battle image BL1 is started to be displayed while the suspension notice performance is stopped and being executed respectively, and when the battle image BL1 is started to be displayed while the suspension notice performance is being executed, the notice color cloud image C is continuously displayed until the display of the performance symbol game image is stopped. Each of the battle images BL2 to BL4 starts to be displayed while the suspension notice effect is stopped, and does not start to be displayed while the suspension notice effect is being executed.

According to the third embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
When a pending notice performance is started in a state where the image of the performance pattern game is superimposed and displayed on the normal background image, the player is suggested that a big hit will be announced in the current performance pattern game. When the display of the battle image BL1 is started during the execution of this suspension notice performance, the suspension notice performance is continued, so that the display contents of the performance pattern display 28 have a large visual change from the player's eyes. Moreover, since the background image of the performance symbol game cannot be switched from the normal background image to each of the battle images BL2 to BL4 during execution of the pending notice performance, the value of the image having a large change is enhanced. Therefore, when the battle image BL1 is displayed during the suspension notice effect, the player's sense of expectation for the big win is heightened, and thus the amusement of the game is improved.
In the above embodiments 1 to 3, a big hit may be suggested to the player by displaying a notice image different from the cloud image C outside the reserved display areas H0 to H4 in the display area E of the performance symbol display 28.

In Examples 1 to 3 above, the following [Reference Invention 1-1] to [Reference Invention 1-7] are described in addition to the inventions described in the scope of claims. There is a game machine which judges the success/denial every time a game ball enters a start area in a state in which the success/denial can be judged, and informs the player of the determination result of the success/denial according to the display of the image of the symbol game every time the judgment of the success/denial is made. In the case of this gaming machine, each time a game ball enters the start area in a state in which it is impossible to determine whether the game is successful or not, the success or failure is read in advance, and the process of determining whether or not the game is successful is suspended until a state in which it is possible to determine whether the game is successful or not (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-17425). This gaming machine has a configuration in which the player is notified of the number of suspensions of the success/failure determination process in response to displaying a suspension image in a normal mode. In the case of this constitution, it is suggested to the player that a hit is reported in the symbol game after this time according to the change of the reserved image from the normal mode to the look-ahead mode, and there is room for improvement in terms of game amusement.

[Reference Invention 1-1]
A success/fail determination means for determining success/failure each time a game ball enters a starting area in a state in which success/failure can be determined, and prefetching success/failure every time a game ball enters the starting area in a state in which success/failure cannot be determined, and withholding a success/failure determination process until a state in which the success/failure can be determined;
a display on which an image of a symbol game is displayed to notify the player of the determination result of success or failure;
a symbol game means for displaying a symbol game image on the display in one of a plurality of mutually different presentation modes;
A forewarning image is displayed on the display device to indicate to the player that a win is reported in the symbol game after this time, and the forewarning performance means for starting the display of the forewarning image in a state in which the image of the symbol game is displayed in one of the plurality of performance modes,
The symbol game means is capable of switching the effect mode of the symbol game image to a predetermined effect mode different from the one effect mode out of the plurality of effect modes when the symbol game image is displayed in the one effect mode and the forewarning image is displayed,
The game machine is characterized in that the notice performance means continues the display of the notice image when the performance mode of the image of the symbol game is switched from the one performance mode to the predetermined performance mode in the display state of the notice image.
According to the above means, when the image of the symbol game is displayed in one performance mode and the advance notice image is displayed, the player is suggested to be notified of the win in the symbol game after this time. In this state, when the performance mode of the image of the pattern game is switched from one performance mode to a predetermined performance mode, the image of the pattern game is displayed in the predetermined performance mode while the display of the advance notice image is continued, so that the display contents of the display device have a large visual change from the player's eyes. As a result, the player's sense of anticipation for the win is heightened, and the amusement of the game is improved.
Each of the first start port 18 and the second start port 23 of the embodiment corresponds to the start area, the state in which all of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the small winning game and the big winning game are stopped corresponds to the state in which it is possible to judge the success or failure, the state in which any one of the special figure 1 game to the big winning game is executed corresponds to the state in which it is impossible to judge the success or failure, the main control circuit 40 corresponds to the success or failure determination means, and the performance symbol display 28 is a display device. The sub-control circuit 60 corresponds to the symbol game means and the announcement effect means, the image of the effect symbol game corresponds to the image of the symbol game, the normal background image for the normal mode, the chance background image for the chance mode, the speed background image for the speed mode, the super speed background image for the super speed mode, the normal background image for the normal mode, the SP normal background image for the SP normal mode, the lucky background image for the lucky mode, and the super lucky background image for the super lucky mode. Each of the ultra-lucky background images for the mode and the ultra-lucky mode corresponds to a performance mode, the normal background image corresponds to one performance mode, and each of the lucky background image and the super-lucky background image corresponds to a predetermined performance mode.

[Reference invention 1-2]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 1-1], wherein the symbol game means is disabled to switch the rendering mode of the symbol game image to a different one from the predetermined one of the plurality of rendering modes when the symbol game image is displayed in the one rendering mode and the forewarning image is displayed.
According to the above means, the effect mode of the image of the symbol game cannot be switched from one effect mode to another effect mode while the preview image is displayed. As a result, the value of the image in which the notice image is displayed in the predetermined performance mode is enhanced, so that the player's expectation for the winning is greatly enhanced when the switching from one performance mode to the predetermined performance mode is executed in the display state of the notice image. Each of the SP normal background image and the ultra-lucky background image of the embodiment corresponds to another presentation mode.

[Reference Invention 1-3]
The symbol game means is capable of displaying a plurality of consecutive symbol game images in the predetermined effect mode when the effect mode of the image of the symbol game is switched from the one effect mode to the predetermined effect mode in the display state of the forewarning image,
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 1-1], characterized in that the notice effect means is capable of continuously displaying the notice image with two or more consecutive symbol game images in the predetermined effect mode when the effect mode of the image of the symbol game is switched to the predetermined effect mode in the display state of the notice image.
According to the above means, when the performance mode of the image of the symbol game is switched from one performance mode to the predetermined performance mode in the display state of the notice image, the image of the symbol game is continuously displayed two or more times in the display state of the notice image, so that the player's sense of expectation for winning is continued for a long time.

[Reference Invention 1-4]
The gaming machine according to [Reference invention 1-1], characterized by comprising a suggestive performance means for performing a suggestive performance to suggest in advance to the player which performance mode the performance mode of the image of the symbol game is to be switched from the one performance mode to which one.
According to the above means, since the player is suggested in advance to which effect mode the effect mode of the image of the symbol game is to be switched from one effect mode, the amusement of the game is improved.
The mode lottery effect of the embodiment corresponds to the suggestion effect.

[Reference Invention 1-5]
A first reserved display area and a second reserved display area set in the display;
One reserved image is displayed in a normal manner in the first reserved display area each time the judgment processing of the right or wrong is reserved, and each time the display of the symbol game image is started, one reserved image is erased from the first reserved display area, and one reserved image is displayed in the second reserved display area in a normal manner.
The game machine according to [Reference Invention 1-1], wherein the notice effect means displays a hold image as the notice image in either the first hold display area or the second hold display area in a notice mode different from a normal mode.
According to the above means, it is suggested to the player that a win will be announced in the symbol game corresponding to the reserved image in the form of notice. For this reason, it becomes clear to the player which image of the symbol game should be expected, so that the interest of the game is improved.
The reserved display areas H1 to H4 of the embodiment correspond to the first reserved display area, the reserved display area H0 corresponds to the second reserved display area, the cloud image C corresponds to the reserved image, the sub-control circuit 60 corresponds to the reserved display means, the cloud image C in normal color corresponds to the reserved image in the normal mode, and the cloud image C in the notice color corresponds to the reserved image in the notice mode.

[Reference Invention 1-6]
A success/fail determination means for determining success/failure each time a game ball enters a starting area in a state in which success/failure can be determined, and prefetching success/failure every time a game ball enters the starting area in a state in which success/failure cannot be determined, and withholding a success/failure determination process until a state in which the success/failure can be determined;
a display for displaying a symbol game image for informing the player of the result of the judgment of success or failure and a pending image for informing the player that the judgment process of the success or failure is suspended;
A symbol game means for displaying an image of a symbol game in one of a plurality of mutually different performance modes on the display device, and having "one performance mode", "predetermined performance mode" and "another performance mode" as the performance modes;
each of the one performance mode, the predetermined performance mode, and the another performance mode, each time the winning/failure determination process is suspended, a pending display means capable of starting a pending prefetch forewarning performance in each of the one performance mode and the predetermined performance mode, which suggests to the player that there is a hit in the prefetch result of winning/failure using the pending image;
The holding display means performs the display of the holding image in one mode in the one performance mode, and in the predetermined mode in the predetermined performance mode, in the one mode in the another performance mode that has shifted from the one performance mode, and in the another performance mode that has shifted from the predetermined performance mode, in the predetermined mode.
The symbol game means is characterized in that the transition from the one performance mode to the predetermined performance mode is executable while the suspended prefetch foreknowledge performance is stopped and disabled during the execution of the pending prefetch foreknowledge performance, and the transition from each of the one performance mode and the predetermined performance mode to the other performance mode is executable regardless of whether the suspended foreknowledge performance is stopped or being executed.
According to the above means, the image of the symbol game is displayed in one of "one presentation mode", "predetermined presentation mode" and "another presentation mode". ``One performance mode'' is to display a pending image in one mode, and a pending prefetching foretelling performance suggesting to a player that there is a win in the prefetching result of win/fail by using the pending image can be executed. The "predetermined effect mode" is to display the pending image in a predetermined mode. This 'predetermined performance mode' is one in which the pending prefetching foretelling performance is made executable, and the transition from one performance mode to the predetermined performance mode is made executable while the pending prefetching foretelling performance is stopped, and is made non-executable during the execution of the pending prefetching foretelling performance. "Another effect mode" is one that can be shifted from one effect mode and a predetermined effect mode during both the suspension and execution of the pending prefetch preview effect. When the other performance mode is shifted from one performance mode, the reserved image is displayed in one mode, and when the predetermined performance mode is shifted, the reserved image is displayed in a predetermined mode. For this reason, the pending prefetching notice effect is executed in a state where the image of the symbol game is displayed in a different effect mode. In this state, the player's sense of anticipation for the hit is greatly heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.
The normal mode of the embodiment corresponds to one performance mode, the SP normal mode corresponds to a predetermined mode of performance, the lucky mode and the super lucky mode each correspond to different performance modes, the cloud image C corresponds to one mode of reserved image, and the heart image H corresponds to a predetermined mode of reserved image.

[Reference Invention 1-7]
A success/fail determination means for determining success/failure each time a game ball enters a starting area in a state in which success/failure can be determined, and prefetching success/failure every time a game ball enters the starting area in a state in which success/failure cannot be determined, and withholding a success/failure determination process until a state in which the success/failure can be determined;
a display device for displaying an image of a symbol game for notifying a player of a determination result of success or failure, and having a first reserved display area and a second reserved display area;
One reserved image is displayed in the first reserved display area each time the judgment process of success or failure is reserved, and one reserved image is erased from the first reserved display area each time the symbol game image is started to be displayed, and one reserved image is displayed in the second reserved display area.
advance notice effect means for suggesting to the player that a win is notified in a symbol game corresponding to the reserved image in response to displaying the reserved image in the first reserved display area or the second reserved display area in a look-ahead manner;
A symbol game means for displaying an image of the symbol game on the display in one of a plurality of mutually different presentation modes,
The symbol game means switches the symbol game image from one of the plurality of presentation modes to another one in a state in which the reserved image is displayed in the first reserved display area or the second reserved display area in a look-ahead manner,
When the symbol game image is switched to the different performance mode in a state where the reserved image is displayed in the first reserved display area or the second reserved display area in the read-ahead mode, the notice effect means is capable of displaying the reserved image in the read-ahead mode until the display of the symbol game image corresponding to the reserved image is stopped.
According to the above means, when the reserved image is displayed in the first reserved display area or the second reserved display area in the state that the image of the symbol game is displayed in one performance mode, the player is suggested to be notified of the win in the pattern game corresponding to the reserved image. When the performance mode of the image of the pattern game is switched from one performance mode to another performance mode in this state, the reserved image of the look-ahead mode is continuously displayed until the display of the picture of the pattern game corresponding to the reserved image of the look-ahead mode is stopped, so that the display contents of the display device have a large visual change from the player's eyes. As a result, the player's expectation for the notification of the winning in the symbol game corresponding to the reserved image in the look-ahead mode is heightened, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

[Example 4]
FIG. 41 explains the pre-battle effect. This pre-battle performance is switched at timing Tp from the image of normal reach performance in a state where the image of normal reach performance is displayed on the performance pattern display 28 (see a→b), and is set to an image of a woman climbing a cliff. A successful ending (see c) and a failed ending (see g) are set in this pre-battle production image. A successful ending is set to an image in which a woman climbs a cliff, and when the pre-battle production image ends with a successful ending, the pre-battle production image is switched to the battle image BL1 at timing Tbn (see c→d). This battle image BL1 has either a winning ending (see e) or a losing ending (see f). When the battle image BL1 ends with a winning ending, the three rows of performance symbols are displayed in a big hit combination (see e), and when the battle image BL1 ends with a losing ending, three rows of performance symbols are displayed in a losing reach combination (see f). The failure ending of the pre-battle production is set to an image in which a woman falls from a cliff (see g), and when the pre-battle production image ends with a failure ending, the pre-battle production image is switched to the normal reach production image at timing Tbn (see g → h), and the three rows of production patterns are displayed in either a big hit combination (see i) or a combination of losing reach (see j) in response to the scrolling stop of the middle row production patterns from the slow scroll state. .

FIG. 42 explains the performance contents of the performance symbol game image displayed on the performance symbol display 28 when the sub-control circuit 60 receives the specific special symbol variation patterns ``PO01'' and ``PH01'' from the main control circuit 40 in the specific performance mode ``chance mode''. This specific special figure variation pattern is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the production pattern of ``normal reach production → battle image BL1'' except for the ``chance mode'', and for the ``chance mode'', it is intended to produce with any of the following production patterns [1] to [3]. The reliability of the big hits of these production patterns 1 to 3 is set such that the production pattern 3 is set to the highest, the production pattern 2 is set to the lowest, and the production pattern 1 is set to the middle.
[1] The normal reach effect image is switched to the pre-battle effect image, and after the pre-battle effect image ends with a successful outcome, the battle image BL1 starts to be displayed (see a→d→e).
[2] The normal reach effect image is switched to the pre-battle effect image, and after the pre-battle effect image ends with a failure, the normal reach effect image starts to be displayed again (see a→f→g).
[3] The normal reach effect image is switched to the battle image BL1 without going through the pre-battle effect image (see a→h).

FIG. 42 explains the battle announcement effect and the pre-battle announcement effect. The battle announcement effect suggests to the player that the battle image BL1 will start to be displayed, and is set to a text image of "Prepare for battle" (see b). This battle notice performance is cut-in displayed in the image of the performance pattern game, and two types of display timing of the image of the battle notice performance are set as 'Ta (see FIG. 43)' and 'Tb (see FIG. 42)'. The display timing Ta, as shown in FIGS. 43(a) and 43(i), is set during the scrolling display of three rows of performance symbols, and the display timing Tb, as shown in FIGS.

The pre-battle announcement effect suggests to the player that the pre-battle effect will start to be displayed, and is set to a character image of "opportunity coming" (see FIG. 42(c)). This pre-battle notice effect is cut-in displayed in the image of the effect symbol game. Two types of display timing of the image of the pre-battle advance notice effect are set, ie, "Ta (see FIG. 43)" and "Tb (see FIG. 42)", and when the image of the pre-battle notice effect is displayed at the display timing Tb, the probability of displaying the pre-battle notice effect is set higher than when the image is displayed at the display timing Ta.

The pre-battle effect processing of FIG. 44 is started at S124 of FIG. 35(a) when the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 2 game data from the main control circuit 40 in the chance mode. When the sub-control circuit 60 receives a specific special figure variation pattern "PO01" or "PH01", the sub-control circuit 60 determines which of the effect patterns 1 to 3 the image of the present effect symbol game is to be produced in the pre-battle effect process, and selects either the battle notice effect or the pre-battle notice effect. It is determined at which of the display timings Ta and Tb to execute.

When the pre-battle effect processing is started, the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S401 whether or not the current effect mode is the chance mode. When it is determined that it is the chance mode here, it moves to S402, and it is determined whether or not there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PO01" for the big hit in the reception result of the special figure 2 game data. Here, when it is determined that there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PO01", the process proceeds to S403, and the special figure variation pattern classification table 1 is detected from the ROM. FIG. 45(a) is a special figure variation pattern classification table 1. FIG. This special figure variation pattern classification table 1 assigns an intermediate selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PO01-1", assigns a low selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PO01-2", and assigns a high selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PO01-3", and when the sub-control circuit 60 detects the special figure variation pattern classification table 1 in S403 of FIG. Here, one of the special figure variation patterns ``PO01-1'' to ``PO01-3'' is selected from the special figure variation pattern classification table 1 according to the selection probability, and the reception result ``PO01'' of the special figure variation pattern is changed to the selection result of the special figure variation pattern.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S402 of FIG. 44 that there is no determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PO01" in the reception result of the special figure 2 game data, it proceeds to S404, and determines whether or not there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PH01" for loss in the reception result of the special figure 2 game data. If it is determined that there is a determination result of the special figure variation pattern "PH01", the process proceeds to S405, and the special figure variation pattern classification table 2 is detected from the ROM. FIG. 45(b) is a special figure variation pattern classification table 2. FIG. This special figure variation pattern classification table 2 assigns an intermediate selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PH01-1", assigns a high selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PH01-2", and assigns a low selection probability to the special figure variation pattern "PH01-3", and when the sub-control circuit 60 detects the special figure variation pattern classification table 2 in S405 of FIG. Here, one of the special figure variation patterns ``PH01-1'' to ``PH01-3'' is selected from the special figure variation pattern classification table 2 according to the selection probability, and the reception result ``PH01'' of the special figure variation pattern is changed to the selection result of the special figure variation pattern.

Each of the special figure variation pattern "PO01-1" and the special figure variation pattern "PH01-1" is for producing the image of the production symbol game with the production pattern 1, as shown in FIG. Each of these special figure variation patterns "PO01-1" and "PH01-1" is set to the ending of a successful pre-battle production, the special figure variation pattern "PO01-1" is set to the ending of the victory of the battle image BL1, and the special figure variation pattern "PH01-1" is set to the ending of the defeat of the battle image BL1. Each of the special figure variation pattern "PO01-2" and the special figure variation pattern "PH01-2" is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the production pattern 2, and the pre-battle production is set to the end of failure. Each of the special figure variation pattern "PO01-3" and the special figure variation pattern "PH01-3" is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the production pattern 3, the special figure variation pattern "PO01-3" is set to the ending of the battle image BL1 winning, and the special figure variation pattern "PH01-3" is set to the ending of the defeat of the battle image BL1.

That is, production pattern 3 has the highest reliability for a big win among production patterns 1 to 3, production pattern 2 has the lowest reliability for a big win, production pattern 1 has an intermediate reliability for a big win, and the reliability is set to the highest when the normal ready-to-win production image progresses to the battle image BL1 without going through the pre-battle production image, and when the normal ready-to-win production image progresses to the pre-battle production image but does not progress to the battle image BL1. The reliability is set to the lowest, and the reliability is set to the middle when the image of the normal reach effect progresses to the battle image BL1 through the image of the pre-battle effect.

When the sub-control circuit 60 changes the reception result of the special figure 2 game data in S406 of FIG. 44, it selects the display timing from "Ta" and "Tb" in S407. This processing is performed so that each of the display timing Ta and the display timing Tb is selected with the same probability "1/2", and the sub-control circuit 60 moves to S408 when one of the display timing Ta and the display timing Tb is selected in S407, and compares the change result of the special figure variation pattern with the special figure variation patterns "PO01-1" and "PH01-1" for the production pattern 1. Here, when it is determined that the change result of the special figure variation pattern is for the performance pattern 1, the process proceeds to S409, and when the display timing Ta is selected, the advance notice performance table 1a is detected from the ROM, and when the display timing Tb is selected, the notice performance table 1b is detected from the ROM. FIG. 46(a) is the notice effect table 1a, and FIG. 46(b) is the notice effect table 1b. Each of these notice performance tables 1a and 1b is for selecting one of ``battle notice performance'', ``no notice performance'', and ``pre-battle notice performance'', and in the notice performance table 1b, the selection probability of the battle notice performance and the selection probability of the pre-battle notice performance are set higher than those of the notice performance table 1a.

The sub-control circuit 60 proceeds to S412 when S409 in FIG. 44 is completed. Here, when the display timing Ta is selected, one of ``battle announcement performance'', ``pre-battle announcement presentation'', and ``no announcement presentation'' is selected from the announcement performance table 1a according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle announcement presentation'' or ``pre-battle announcement presentation'' is selected, the selection result of the announcement presentation is executed at the display timing Ta of the present presentation pattern game. When the display timing Tb is selected, the sub-control circuit 60 selects one of ``battle advance notice performance'', ``pre-battle notice performance'', and ``no notice performance'' from the notice performance table 1b in S412 according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle notice performance'' or ``pre-battle notice performance'' is selected, the selection result of the notice performance is executed at the display timing Tb of the present performance symbol game.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S408 in FIG. 44 that the change result of the special figure variation pattern is not for the performance pattern 1, it proceeds to S410 and compares the change result of the special figure variation pattern with the special figure variation patterns ``PO01-2'' and ``PH01-2'' for the performance pattern 2.例文帳に追加Here, when it is determined that the change result of the special figure variation pattern is for the performance pattern 2, the process proceeds to S411, and when the display timing Ta is selected, the advance notice performance table 2a is detected from the ROM, and when the display timing Tb is selected, the notice performance table 2b is detected from the ROM. FIG. 46(c) is the notice effect table 2a, and FIG. 46(d) is the notice effect table 2b. Each of these notice performance tables 2a and 2b is for selecting one of ``battle notice performance'', ``no notice performance'', and ``pre-battle notice performance'', and the selection probability of the battle notice performance and the selection probability of the pre-battle notice performance are set higher in the notice performance table 2b than in the notice performance table 2a.

The sub-control circuit 60 proceeds to S412 when S411 of FIG. 44 is completed. Here, when the display timing Ta is selected, one of ``battle announcement performance'', ``pre-battle announcement performance'', and ``no announcement presentation'' is selected from the announcement performance table 2a according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle announcement presentation'' or ``pre-battle announcement presentation'' is selected, the selection result of the announcement presentation is executed at the display timing Ta of the present presentation pattern game. When the display timing Tb is selected, the sub-control circuit 60 selects any one of ``battle announcement performance'', ``pre-battle announcement performance'', and ``no announcement presentation'' from the announcement presentation table 2b in S412 according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle announcement presentation'' or ``pre-battle announcement presentation'' is selected, the selection result of the announcement presentation is executed at the display timing Tb of the current presentation pattern game.

When the change result of the special figure variation pattern is ``PO01-3'' and ``PH01-3'' for the performance pattern 3, the sub control circuit 60 judges that the change result of the special figure variation pattern is not for the performance pattern 2 in S410 of FIG. FIG. 46(e) is the notice effect table 3a, and FIG. 46(f) is the notice effect table 3b. Each of these notice performance tables 3a and 3b is for selecting one of ``battle notice performance'', ``without notice performance'', and ``pre-battle notice performance'', and the selection probability of the battle notice performance and the selection probability of the pre-battle notice performance are set higher in the notice performance table 3b than in the notice performance table 3a.

The sub-control circuit 60 proceeds to S412 when S413 of FIG. 44 is completed. Here, when the display timing Ta is selected, any one of ``battle announcement performance'', ``pre-battle announcement presentation'', and ``no announcement presentation'' is selected from the announcement presentation table 3a according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle announcement presentation'' or the ``pre-battle announcement presentation'' is selected, the selection result of the announcement presentation is executed at the display timing Ta of the present presentation pattern game. When the display timing Tb is selected, the sub-control circuit 60 selects one of ``battle advance notice performance'', ``pre-battle notice performance'', and ``no notice performance'' from the notice performance table 3b in S412 according to the selection probability, and when the ``battle notice performance'' or ``pre-battle notice performance'' is selected, the selection result of the notice performance is executed at the display timing Tb of the present performance pattern game.

When the battle notice effect is executed in the present effect pattern game, regardless of whether the display timing of the battle notice effect is ``Ta'' or ``Tb'', the probability that the normal reach effect develops into the battle effect without going through the pre-battle effect is the highest, the probability that it develops into the pre-battle effect but does not develop into the battle effect is the lowest, and the probability that it develops into the battle effect via the pre-battle effect is intermediate. When this battle announcement effect is executed at the display timing Tb, the probability that the normal reach effect develops into the battle effect without going through the pre-battle effect is higher than when it is executed at the display timing Ta, and the probability of developing into the battle effect through the pre-battle effect also increases. That is, the battle advance notice performance is a performance suggesting with a high probability that the battle performance is started to be displayed, and is a performance that suggests the player's degree of expectation for the start of the display of the battle performance according to the difference in the display timing.

When the pre-battle notice effect is executed in the present effect symbol game, regardless of whether the display timing of the pre-battle notice effect is ``Ta'' or ``Tb'', the probability that the normal reach effect develops into the pre-battle effect but does not develop into the battle effect is the highest, the probability that it develops into the battle effect without going through the pre-battle effect is the lowest, and the probability that it develops into the battle effect through the pre-battle effect is intermediate. When this pre-battle announcement effect is executed at the display timing Tb, the probability that the normal reach effect develops into the pre-battle effect but does not develop into the battle effect increases compared to the case of executing it at the display timing Ta, and the probability that the normal reach effect develops into the battle effect through the pre-battle effect also increases. That is, the pre-battle advance notice performance is a performance suggesting with a high probability that the display of the pre-battle performance is started, and is a performance that suggests the player's degree of expectation for the start of display of the pre-battle performance according to the difference in the display timing.

According to the fourth embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
It is suggested to the player in advance that the battle image BL1 is displayed in the ready-to-win effect in response to displaying the image of the battle announcement effect. This battle image BL1 suggests a big hit to the player with a higher probability than the image of the pre-battle effect, and the player's expectation is heightened by visually recognizing the image of the battle notice effect. When the image of the battle announcement effect is displayed, the ready-to-win effect is produced by the production pattern 1 with an intermediate probability, and by the production pattern 3 with a high probability. The performance pattern 1 is to display the pre-battle performance image in which the player has low interest and the battle image BL1 in which the player is highly interested in time ahead, and the performance pattern 3 is to display the battle image BL1 without displaying the pre-battle performance image, and when the battle announcement performance image is displayed, the probability that the player can see the battle image BL1 in which the player is highly interested without seeing the pre-battle performance image in which the player has low interest is increased, so that the amusement of the game is generally improved.

Since the pre-battle notice effect and the battle notice effect are performed as the notice effect, the player is suggested that the battle image BL1 is displayed without going through the image of the pre-battle effect in the ready-to-win effect according to the difference in the kind of the notice effect. Therefore, the player can have the pleasure of expecting which of the pre-battle announcement effect and the battle announcement effect will be performed as the announcement effect, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.
It is suggested with a high probability that the battle image BL1 is displayed without displaying the image of the pre-battle effect in response to displaying the image of the pre-battle effect suggesting the battle image BL1, and it is suggested with a low probability that the battle image BL1 is displayed without displaying the image of the pre-battle effect in response to displaying the image of the pre-battle effect that does not suggest the battle image BL1.
The probability of displaying the battle image BL1 without displaying the image of the pre-battle effect is suggested to the player depending on whether the image of the battle preview effect is displayed at the display timing "Ta" or "Tb". For this reason, the player can watch the screen while continuing to expect the image of the battle announcement effect to be displayed for a long time, thereby further improving the entertainment of the game.

[Example 5]
FIG. 47(b) shows an image of skip notice effect. This skip notice effect suggests to the player that the pre-battle effect will be skipped, and is performed by displaying a cut-in character image of "Pre-Battle Skip!!". This skip notice performance is executed instead of the battle notice performance of the embodiment 4, and when the skip notice performance is executed in the present performance pattern game, the ready-to-win performance is performed with a high probability by the performance pattern 3, is performed with a low probability by the performance pattern 2, and is performed with an intermediate probability by the performance pattern 1.例文帳に追加
The fifth embodiment has the following effects.
Since it is suggested to the player in advance that the image of the pre-battle performance is not displayed in the ready-to-win performance according to the execution of the skip notice performance, and it is suggested with high probability that the image of the pre-battle performance of which the player is not interested is displayed and the battle image BL1 of which the player is highly interested is displayed, the amusement of the game is improved.
In the fourth embodiment, the ready-to-win effect may be produced by the effect pattern 3 with a probability of 100% when the battle announcement effect is executed.
In the fifth embodiment, the ready-to-win effect may be produced by the effect pattern 3 with a probability of 100% when the skip notice effect is executed.

In Examples 4 and 5 above, the following [Reference Inventions 2-1] to [Reference Inventions 2-8] are described in addition to the inventions described in the claims. Some gaming machines have a configuration in which success/failure is determined each time a starting condition is established, and the result of success/failure determination is notified to the player by displaying an image of the symbol game each time the success/failure is determined. This game machine has a configuration that suggests to the player that a win is notified by displaying a ready-to-win effect image during a symbol game (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-17425). Some of these game machines are configured to perform advance notice effects. This notice effect only increases the player's sense of expectation for the hit in response to suggesting to the player that the image of the ready-to-win effect will be displayed, and there is room for improvement in terms of taste.

[Reference invention 2-1]
determination means for determining win/fail each time a starting condition is established, and for setting a state advantageous to the player when a hit is determined;
a symbol game means for displaying an image of the symbol game for informing the player of the result of determination of success or failure;
a ready-to-win performance means for displaying an image of a ready-to-win performance to a player in advance when a win is notified by an image of a symbol game by any one of ``preceding pattern for displaying the image of the leading performance and the image of the post-performance in chronological order'', ``preceding pattern for displaying only the image of the leading performance among both images'', and ``later pattern for displaying only the image of the post-performance among both images'';
A notice effect means for performing a notice effect to suggest to the player that the after image will be displayed in the ready-to-win effect,
The reach production means is
The game machine is characterized in that when the advance notice performance is executed, the ready-to-win performance can be performed by each of the front and rear patterns, the front pattern and the rear pattern, and the rear pattern performs performance with a high probability, and the front and rear pattern performs performance with a lower probability than the rear pattern.
[Reference invention 2-2]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 2-1], wherein the ready-to-win effect means, when the advance notice effect is executed, produces the ready-to-win effect by the preceding pattern at a lower probability than the preceding/posterior pattern.
According to the above means, the player is suggested in advance that the post-image will be displayed in the ready-to-win effect in response to the execution of the advance notice effect. When the post-image suggests a win to the player with a high probability, the player's sense of anticipation is heightened in response to recognition of the advance notice effect. When this advance notice effect is performed, the ready-to-win effect is produced with a low probability by the front and rear pattern, and is produced with a high probability by the rear pattern. The preceding/succeeding pattern displays a preceding image in which the player has a low interest and a post-image in which the player is highly interested, ahead of one another in terms of time, and the post-pattern displays the post-image without displaying the pre-image, and when the announcement performance is performed, the probability that the player will see the post-image in which the player has a high interest without seeing the preceding image in which the player has a low interest is increased, so that the amusement of the game is improved as a whole.
In the embodiment, ``the game ball enters the second starting port 23 while all of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game, and the small win game are stopped'' corresponds to establishment of the starting condition, the ``jackpot game'' corresponds to a state advantageous to the player, the ``main control circuit 40'' corresponds to the determination means, the ``image of the effect symbol game'' corresponds to the image of the symbol game, and the ``sub-control circuit 60'' corresponds to the symbol game. They correspond to skill means, ready-to-reach performance means and notice performance means, ``image of pre-battle performance'' corresponds to the preceding image, ``battle image BL1'' corresponds to the after image, ``performance pattern 1'' corresponds to the preceding and succeeding pattern, ``performance pattern 2'' corresponds to the preceding pattern, ``performance pattern 3'' corresponds to the latter pattern, and ``battle notice performance'' corresponds to the previous notice performance.

[Reference Invention 2-3]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 2-1], wherein the advance notice effect means performs a plurality of kinds of notice effects to suggest to the player at different probabilities that the ready-to-win effect will be produced in the latter pattern.
[Reference Invention 2-4]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 2-3], wherein the advance notice effect means displays a plurality of different types of images as the plurality of types of advance notice effects.
According to the above means, the player is suggested that the subsequent image is displayed without passing through the preceding image in the ready-to-win effect according to the difference in the type of the advance notice effect. As a result, the player can have the pleasure of anticipating which type of advance notice effect will be performed, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.
The "battle announcement effect" and the "pre-battle announcement effect" in the embodiment correspond to multiple kinds of announcement effects.

[Reference Invention 2-5]
The game machine according to [Reference Invention 2-4], wherein the advance notice effect means displays, as the plurality of types of images, a first image suggesting a post-image to the player and a second image not suggesting the post-image to the player, and suggesting that the ready-to-win effect is effected in the post-pattern at a high probability in response to displaying the first image and at a low probability in response to displaying the second image.
According to the above means, when the first image suggesting the after image is displayed in the advance notice performance, it is suggested with a high probability that the after image is displayed without passing through the previous image in the ready-to-win performance, and in response to the second image not suggesting the after image is displayed, it is suggested with a low probability that the after image is displayed without passing through the previous image in the ready-to-win performance, so that the player can easily grasp that the after image is displayed without passing through the previous image.
The "image of battle notice effect" in the embodiment corresponds to the first image, and the "image of pre-battle notice effect" corresponds to the second image.

[Reference Invention 2-6]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 2-3], wherein the advance notice effect means performs a plurality of types of advance notice effects in response to displaying one image at one of a plurality of mutually different timings.
[Reference invention 2-7]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 2-6], wherein the advance notice effect means displays the one image at any one of a plurality of mutually different timings from after the image of the symbol game is started to before the previous image is started to be displayed.
According to the above means, the probability of displaying the subsequent image without going through the preceding image is indicated to the player according to at which of a plurality of timings one image is displayed. As a result, the player can gaze at the screen while continuing to expect that one image will be displayed for a long time, thereby improving the amusement of the game.
The "image of the battle announcement effect" in the embodiment corresponds to one image, and each of the display timings "Ta" and "Tb" corresponds to the timing of displaying one image.

[Reference Invention 2-8]
determination means for determining win/fail each time a starting condition is established, and for setting a state advantageous to the player when a hit is determined;
a symbol game means for displaying an image of the symbol game for informing the player of the result of determination of success or failure;
a ready-to-win performance means for displaying an image of a ready-to-win performance to a player in advance when a win is notified by an image of a symbol game by any one of ``preceding pattern for displaying the image of the leading performance and the image of the post-performance in chronological order'', ``preceding pattern for displaying only the image of the leading performance among both images'', and ``later pattern for displaying only the image of the post-performance among both images'';
A skip notice effect means for performing a skip notice effect to suggest to the player that the previous image will not be displayed in the ready-to-win effect,
The ready-to-win performance means is capable of performing the ready-to-win performance by each of the front and rear patterns, the front pattern and the rear pattern when the skip notice performance is executed, and is characterized in that the rear pattern performs performance with a high probability and the front and rear patterns perform performance with a lower probability than the rear pattern.
According to the above means, the player is previously suggested that the preceding image will not be displayed in the ready-to-win effect in response to the execution of the skip notice effect. When this future image suggests a win to the player with a low probability, the player's sense of anticipation is heightened in response to recognition of the skip notice effect. When this skip notice effect is performed, the ready-to-win effect is produced by the forward/backward pattern with a low probability, and is produced by the later pattern with a high probability. The preceding/succeeding pattern displays a preceding image in which the player has a low interest and a post-image in which the player is highly interested in a temporally precedent manner, and the post-pattern displays the post-image without displaying the preceding image, and when the skip notice performance is performed, the probability that the player will see the post-image in which the player is highly interested without seeing the preceding image in which the player has a low interest is increased, so that the amusement of the game is generally improved.
The "sub-control circuit 60" of the embodiment corresponds to the skip notice effect means, and the display of the character image of "previous skip" corresponds to the skip notice effect.

[Example 6]
The big hit symbol setting process of FIG. 48 is executed when the sub-control circuit 60 sets the three rows of performance symbols to a big hit combination in S142 of FIG. It is determined whether or not there is a big hit type determination result in the reception result of the game data in FIG.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S401 that there is a determination result of the jackpot type, it proceeds to S402 and determines whether the determination result of the jackpot type is the jackpot pattern 1 or the jackpot pattern 3 for probability variation. Here, when it is determined that the judgment result of the jackpot type is for probability variation, the process shifts to S403, and the jackpot pattern is set to any one of five combinations of odd numbers of ``111'', ``333'', ``555'', ``777'' and ``999''. Each of these five kinds of odd number combinations is set with the same probability of ``16%'', and the sub-control circuit 60 sets one of the four kinds of even number combinations of ``222'', ``444'', ``666'' and ``888'' as the jackpot pattern in S403. Each of these four types of even number combinations is set with the same ``5%'' probability, and in S403, the jackpot pattern is set to an odd number combination with a ``80%'' probability, and is set to an even number combination with a ``20%'' probability.

The sub-control circuit 60 shifts from S402 to S404 when the determination result of the jackpot type is the jackpot pattern 2 for non-probability variation, and sets the jackpot pattern to any combination of four kinds of even numbers ``222'', ``444'', ``666'' and ``888''. Each of these four even number combinations is set with the same probability of "25%", and in S404 the jackpot pattern is set to the even number combination with a probability of "100%". That is, in the image of the performance symbol game, when the performance symbols in the three rows are combined with an odd number of jackpots, the high accuracy power support mode is set with a probability of "100%". In the image of the performance symbol game, when the performance symbols in the three rows are combined with an even number of jackpots, the low-accuracy power support mode is set with a high probability, and the high-accuracy power support mode is set with a low probability.

FIG. 49 explains the count-up ready-to-win effect. This count-up ready-to-win performance is executed in a state in which the performance mode is set to the normal mode, and the scroll display of the performance patterns on the left row and the scroll display of the performance symbols on the right row are stopped at ``4'' respectively, and the speed of the scroll display of the performance symbols on the middle row is shifted from the normal reach performance (see a) of ``4'' in which the speed is switched from high speed to low speed. This count-up reach performance is started by temporarily stopping the low-speed scrolling display of the performance pattern in the middle row at ``9'' (see b), and is performed by changing the performance pattern in the middle row from ``9'' to the performance pattern in the next scrolling order every ``1''. The change in the production pattern in the middle row is to be changed on the spot without scrolling the production pattern, and the change in the production pattern in the middle row is performed every fixed time Tc. That is, the count-up ready-to-win effect is set to effect content in which the image changes at a constant speed.

Four types of count-up reach effects are set, ie, non-attainment pattern 1, non-attainment pattern 2, achievement pattern, and excess pattern. Unattainment pattern 1 is to change the middle row production pattern from "9" → "1" → "2" at regular time intervals Tc, and then stop the change in the middle row production pattern at "2" (see b to d). When the count-up reach production of the unreached pattern 1 ends, as shown in FIG. b). This ending image Ef hides the three rows of performance patterns of the combination of ``424'' and ``424'' so that the performance patterns of the combination of ``424'' and 3 rows of performance patterns are superimposed and displayed in front of the player, and is erased when a fixed time elapses based on the start of display. When this ending image Ef is erased, the combination of 3 rows of performance symbols "124" becomes visible (see c), and the player is notified of the failure. When this count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the non-arrival pattern 1, the probability that the performance symbols in the three rows will be combined with a big win is set to a low probability.

As shown in FIG. 49, the non-arrival pattern 2 is to change the production pattern in the middle row from "9" to "1" to "2" to "3" every fixed time Tc, and then stop the change in the production pattern in the middle row at "3" (see b to e). When the count-up ready-to-win production of the unachieved pattern 2 ends, as shown in FIG. The player is informed of what has been done (see d→e). This ending image Es hides the three rows of performance patterns of the combination of "434" lost reach so that they cannot be visually recognized from the player in response to being superimposed in front of the three rows of performance patterns of the combination of "434", and is erased when a fixed time elapses based on the start of display. When the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see f). This battle image BL2 ends with either a winning ending (see g) or a losing ending (see h), and when the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending, the player is notified of the big win in response to static display of even-numbered jackpot combinations of ``444'' for the three-row performance symbols when the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending. In response, the player is notified of the omission. When the count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the non-arrival pattern 2, the probability that the performance symbols in the three rows will result in a big win combination is set to a middle probability higher than that of the non-arrival pattern 1.例文帳に追加

As shown in FIG. 49, the arrival pattern is such that after changing the production pattern in the middle row from "9"→"1"→"2"→"3"→"4" at regular time intervals Tc, the change in the production pattern in the middle row is stopped at "4" (see b to f). The player is informed of what has been done (see i→e). This ending image Es hides the three rows of performance symbols of the combination of ``444'' in a superimposed manner in front of the three rows of performance symbols of the combination of the big win of ``444'' so that the performance symbols of the combination of ``444'' are invisible to the player, and is erased when a fixed time elapses based on the start of the display. When the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see f). When the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending, the player is informed of the big win in response to the still display of the even-numbered jackpot combinations of ``444'' in the three rows of performance symbols, and when the battle image BL2 ends in the defeat ending, the players are notified of the loss in response to the static display of the three rows of performance symbols in the combination of the winning reach of ``434''. When this count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the arrival pattern, the probability that the performance symbols in the three rows will result in a big win combination is set to a high probability higher than that of the non-arrival pattern 2.例文帳に追加

As shown in FIG. 49, the excess pattern is to change the middle row effect pattern from "9"→"1"→"2"→"3"→"4"→"5" at regular time intervals Tc, and then stop the change in the middle row effect pattern at "5" (see b to f). The player is notified that the chi effect has ended (see a→b). This ending image Es hides the three rows of performance patterns of the combination of ``454'' and ``454'' so as to be superimposed in front of the performance patterns of 3 rows of the combination of ``454'', and is erased when a fixed time elapses based on the start of display. When the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see c). This battle image BL2 ends with either a winning ending (see d) or a losing ending (see e). When the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending, the player is notified of the big win in response to static display of the combination of odd-numbered jackpots of '555' when the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending. In response, the player is notified of the omission. When this count-up ready-to-win performance ends with an excess pattern, the probability that three rows of performance patterns will result in a jackpot combination is set to a very high probability higher than that of the reaching pattern. The probability of setting the high-accuracy time-saving mode when three lines of performance patterns become a big hit combination through the count-up ready-to-win performance of the excess pattern is set higher than the case of the combination of three lines of performance symbols to a big win through the count-up reach performance of the non-attainment pattern 2 and the case of three rows of performance symbols to a big win combination through the count-up ready-to-win performance of the arrival pattern. That is, the count-up ready-to-win performance preliminarily suggests to the player that a big hit is reported in the performance pattern game, and has the end timing of ``2'', the end timing of ``3'', the end timing of ``4'', and the end timing of ``5'' in the performance pattern of the middle row.

The count-up ready-to-win performance processing of FIG. 52 is executed in S124 of FIG. 35 after the sub-control circuit 60 finishes the jackpot symbol setting processing of FIG. The sub-control circuit 60 determines the performance pattern of the count-up reach performance when it is determined to execute the count-up reach performance, and directs the image of the present performance pattern game with the count-up reach performance of contents corresponding to the determination result of the performance pattern.

The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the current presentation mode is the normal mode in S411 of FIG. If it is determined that it is the normal mode here, the process proceeds to S412, and it is determined whether or not there is a determination result of the "special figure variation pattern PO02" for the big hit battle image BL2 in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. Here, when it is determined that there is a judgment result of "special figure variation pattern PO02", the process proceeds to S413, and it is judged whether or not the setting result of the big hit design in the big hit design setting process of FIG. 48 is "444". Here, when it is determined that the setting result of the jackpot pattern is ``444'', the process proceeds to S414, and the determination result of ``special figure variation pattern PO02'' is changed to ``special figure variation pattern PO2-2'' or ``special figure variation pattern PO02-3''. The ``special figure variation pattern PO2-2'' is for directing the image of the performance pattern game with the contents of ``normal reach performance'' → ``count-up reach performance of unachieved pattern 2'' → ``battle image BL2 of victory ending'', and is changed at a probability of ``50%''. The ``special figure variation pattern PO2-3'' is for directing the image of the performance pattern game with the contents of ``normal reach performance''→``count-up reach performance of the arrival pattern''→``battle image BL2 of the winning ending'', and is changed with a probability of ``50%''.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S413 that the setting result of the big-hit symbol is not "444", it proceeds to S419 and determines whether or not the setting result of the big-hit symbol is "555". Here, when it is determined that the setting result of the jackpot design is "555", the process proceeds to S420, and the determination result of "special figure variation pattern PO02" is changed to "special figure variation pattern PO2-4". This ``special figure variation pattern PO2-4'' is for directing the image of the performance pattern game with the contents of ``normal reach performance''→``count-up reach performance of excess pattern''→``battle image BL2 of victory ending'', and is changed with a probability of ``100%''.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S412 that there is no determination result of "special figure variation pattern PO02" for big hit battle image BL2 in the reception result of special figure 1 game data, it proceeds to S415, and determines whether or not there is a determination result of "special figure variation pattern PH02" for off battle image BL2 in the reception result of special figure 1 game data. Here, when it is determined that there is a determination result of "special figure variation pattern PH02", the process proceeds to S416, and the special figure variation pattern change table of FIG. 51(f) is detected from the ROM. "Special figure variation pattern PH02-1", "Special figure variation pattern PH02-2", "Special figure variation pattern PH02-3" and "Special figure variation pattern PH02-4" are set in this special figure variation pattern change table.

The "special figure variation pattern PH02-1" is for producing the image of the production symbol game with the contents of "normal reach production" → "unreached pattern 1 count-up reach production". This "special figure variation pattern PH02-1" is selected with a probability of "40%", and the "special figure variation pattern PH02-1" is assigned with a completely off pattern "124". The "special figure variation pattern PH02-2" is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the contents of "normal reach production" → "count-up reach production of unachieved pattern 2" → "battle image BL2 of the ending of defeat". This "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-2" is selected with a probability of "30%", and the "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-2" is assigned with the off reach pattern "434". ``Special figure variation pattern PH02-3'' is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the contents of ``normal reach production'' → ``count-up reach production of arrival pattern'' → ``battle image BL2 of the ending of defeat''. This "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-3" is selected with a probability of "20%", and the "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-3" is assigned with the off reach pattern "434". ``Special figure variation pattern PH02-4'' is for producing the image of the production pattern game with the contents of ``normal reach production'' → ``count-up reach production of excess pattern'' → ``battle image BL2 of the ending of defeat''. This "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-4" is selected with a probability of "10%", and the "special figure fluctuation pattern PH02-4" is assigned with the off reach pattern "545".

The sub-control circuit 60 proceeds to S417 when S416 in FIG. 52 is completed. Here, one of ``special figure variation pattern PH02-1'' to ``special figure variation pattern PH02-4'' is selected from the special figure variation pattern change table, ``special figure variation pattern PO02'' is changed to the selection result of the special figure variation pattern in S418, and the combination of the performance symbols in the three columns is set to the complete loss pattern or the loss reach pattern according to the change result of the special figure variation pattern. The following [1] to [4] summarizes the contents of the production when the normal reach production develops into the count-up reach production in the image of the production pattern game this time.

[1] When the image of the production pattern game is produced with the content of "normal reach production" → "step up reach production of unachieved pattern 1", the battle image BL2 is not displayed and the three rows of production patterns are combined with "124" with a probability of "100%".
[2] When the current design pattern game is produced with the contents of "normal reach production" → "step-up reach production of unachieved pattern 2", the three rows of production patterns will be a combination of "434" off reach or a combination of "444" after passing through "battle image BL2". When the performance symbols of these three rows are combined with a jackpot of "444", the high-precision power support mode is set with a low probability, and the low-precision power support mode is set with a high probability.
[3] When the current design pattern game is produced with the content of "normal reach production" → "step-up reach production of reaching pattern", the three rows of production patterns will be a combination of "434" off reach or a combination of "444" big hits through "battle image BL2". When the performance symbols of these three rows are combined with a jackpot of "444", the high-precision power support mode is set with a low probability, and the low-precision power support mode is set with a high probability.
[4] When the current design pattern game is produced with the contents of "normal reach production" → "step-up reach production of excess pattern", the three rows of production patterns will be a combination of "545" off reach or a combination of "555" after passing through "battle image BL2". When the performance symbols of these three lines become a combination of "555" big hits, the high accuracy power support mode is set with a probability of "100%".

According to the sixth embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
The image of the count-up reach performance and the battle image BL2 were displayed during the performance pattern game. The count-up reach effect suggests to the player in advance that a big hit will be reported in the effect pattern game, and is a effect of contents that the image changes according to the progress of time. The battle image BL2 heightens the player's expectation for the notification of the big win in the performance symbol game, and is started when the count-up reach performance ends with the big win combination "444". This count-up ready-to-win performance is continued beyond the combination of big wins ``444'', and when the count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the combination of losing reach ``454'' exceeding the combination of big wins ``444'', the big win is notified with a higher probability than when it is finished with the combination of big wins ``444''. Therefore, when the count-up ready-to-win performance exceeds the big win combination ``444'', the player's expectation for the big win is lowered, and the big win is reported with high probability in a state where the player's expectation for the big win is lowered. Therefore, the player recognizes the big win with a lowered sense of expectation, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

When the count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the combination of the winning ready-to-win ``424'' which is the combination ``444'' of the performance patterns in the three rows of the big win in terms of time, the failure is notified with a high probability of ``100%'' without executing the battle performance. For this reason, since it does not take a long time to inform the player of the loss in the performance symbol game, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling frustrated.
When the count-up ready-to-win performance is completed in each of the combination ``444'' of the big wins ahead in time and the combination ``434'' of the out-reach, the performance patterns of the 3-row are displayed as the even-numbered combination ``444'', and when the count-up ready-to-win performance is completed in the combination ``454'' of the out-reach of the 3-row performance symbols, the performance symbols of the 3-row are displayed in the combination of the odd-numbered jackpot ``. 555", when the count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the combination of the winning reach "454" of the three rows of performance patterns, the setting of the high-accuracy electric sapo mode is reported with a higher probability than the case of ending with the combination of the big hit "444" and the combination of the losing reach "434". Therefore, the player recognizes the setting of the high-precision power support mode in a state in which the player's expectation for the big win is lowered, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.

After the combination of the performance patterns in the three rows progresses from the winning reach combination ``424'' to the winning reach combination ``444'' through the same ``434'' according to the progress of time, the image of the count-up reach performance that becomes the winning reach combination ``454'' again is displayed, and when the battle performance image is started to be displayed with the winning reach combination ``444'' of the three rows of performance symbols, the big win is reported at a low probability, and the winning reach combination ``454'' is displayed. In response to the start of the display of the image of the battle production, a big hit was notified with a high probability. Therefore, the player's expectation for the big win is extremely low when the performance patterns of the three rows exceed the combination of the big win, and the big win is announced with a high probability after the image of the battle performance is started to be displayed in a state where the player's expectation for the big win is extremely lowered. Therefore, the player recognizes the big win in a state in which the player's sense of expectation for the big win is extremely low, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.

In the sixth embodiment, when the count-up ready-to-win performance is finished with a combination of three rows of performance symbols "444", the big win may be always notified by the performance symbol game without executing the battle performance BL2. In this case, the count-up ready-to-win performance of the unachieved pattern 2 corresponds to the preceding performance of the short pattern in which it is finished in the mode of opportunity, and the combination "434" of the out-reach ready-to-reach of the three rows of performance patterns corresponds to the mode of the opportunity of the preceding performance.
In the sixth embodiment, when the count-up ready-to-win effect ends with the excess pattern, the three rows of effect symbols may be displayed in any combination of "555" and "545" without executing the battle effect BL2.

[Example 7]
FIG. 53 is for explaining the effect of the dialogue leech. This dialogue reach performance is executed by a sub-control circuit 60 in place of the count-up ready-to-win performance of the sixth embodiment, and in the ready-to-reach state ``4↓4'' of the performance symbols in the third row, the normal ready-to-win performance in which the middle row performance symbols are scrolled at a low speed is continued. This dialogue reach performance suggests to the player both the high probability that the three lines of performance symbols will result in a big hit combination and the high probability that the high-accuracy electric support mode will be set. In this dialog line effect, one of six different types of dialog images L1 to L6 is displayed in the dialog area EL. The display order of the dialog images L1 to L6 is set as follows: "Dialog image L1" → "Dialog image L2" → "Dialog image L3" → "Dialog image L4" → "Dialog image L5" → "Dialog image L6", and the change in display from one of the dialog images L1 to L6 to the next is constant. done hourly. The display of "line image L1" in this line reach effect corresponds to the display of "494" in the count-up reach effect of Example 6, the display of "line image L2" corresponds to the display of "414", the display of "line image L3" corresponds to the display of "424", the display of "line image L4" corresponds to the display of "434", and the display of "line image L5" corresponds to the display of "444". , the display of "word image L6" corresponds to the display of "454".

As shown in FIG. 53, four types of speech leech effects are set: pre-sortie pattern, sortie pattern, certainty pattern, and disappointment pattern. The pattern before sortie is to change the dialog image in the order of "Dialogue image L1" → "Dialogue image L2" → "Dialogue image L3" at fixed time intervals Tc, and then stop the change of the dialog image at "Dialogue image L3" (see b to d). When the dialogue leech effect of this pre-sortie pattern ends, the ending image Ef is displayed, as shown in FIG. 54, to inform the player that the dialogue leech effect has ended (see a→b), and when the ending image Ef is erased, three lines of performance symbols are displayed in a combination of "124" that is completely out of line (see c). The probability that the three rows of performance patterns will result in a big win when the dialogue leech performance ends with the pre-sorting pattern is set to a low probability.

Sortie pattern 2, as shown in FIG. 53, changes the dialog image in the order of "Dialogue image L1" → "Dialogue image L2" → "Dialogue image L3" → "Dialogue image L4" at fixed time intervals Tc, and then stops the change of the dialog image at "Dialogue image L4" (see b to e). When the dialogue leech effect of this sortie pattern ends, as shown in FIG. 54, the ending image Es is displayed (see d→e), and when the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see f). This battle image BL2 ends with either a winning ending (see g) or a losing ending (see h). When the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending, the three rows of performance symbols are statically displayed with an even jackpot combination of ``444'', and when the battle image BL2 ends with a losing ending, the three rows of performance symbols are statically displayed with a winning reach combination of ``434''. The probability that three lines of performance patterns will result in a big hit combination when the dialogue leech performance ends with the sortie pattern is set to a medium probability higher than that of the pre-sortie pattern.

As shown in FIG. 53, the conviction pattern is to change the dialogue image in the order of "serif image L1" → "serif image L2" → "serif image L3" → "serif image L4" → "serif image L5" at regular time intervals Tc, and then stop the change of the dialogue image at "serif image L5" (see bf), which corresponds to the count-up reach effect of the arrival pattern. When the dialogue leech effect of this conviction pattern ends, as shown in FIG. 54, the ending image Es is displayed (see i→e), and when the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see f). When this battle image BL2 ends with a winning outcome, three rows of performance patterns are statically displayed with an even jackpot combination of ``444'', and when the battle image BL2 ends with a defeat ending, three rows of performance symbols are statically displayed with a combination of ``434''. The probability that three rows of performance patterns will result in a big win when the dialogue leech performance ends with the certainty pattern is set to a high probability as compared with the sortie pattern.

As shown in FIG. 53, the disappointment pattern is such that the dialogue image is changed in the order of "serif image L1" → "serif image L2" → "serif image L3" → "serif image L4" → "serif image L5" → "serif image L6" at regular time intervals Tc, and then the change in the dialogue image is stopped at "serif image L6" (see b to g), which corresponds to the count-up reach effect of the excess pattern. When this disappointing pattern dialogue leech effect ends, as shown in FIG. 55, the ending image Es is displayed (see a→b), and when the ending image Es is erased, the battle image BL2 starts to be displayed (see c). This battle image BL2 ends with either a winning ending (see d) or a losing ending (see e), and when the battle image BL2 ends with a winning ending, the three rows of performance symbols are statically displayed with an odd jackpot combination of ``555'', and when the battle image BL2 ends with a losing outcome, the three rows of performance symbols are statically displayed with a winning reach combination of ``545''. The probability that three rows of performance symbols will result in a big hit combination when the dialogue leech performance ends with a disappointing pattern is set to an extremely high probability, which is higher than that of the conviction pattern.

Within the display area E of the performance symbol display 28, a mini symbol area Em is set as shown in FIG. This mini pattern area Em is an area in which an image of a mini pattern game having the same content as the performance pattern game and having a smaller size is displayed, and an image of a normal ready-to-win performance is displayed in the mini symbol area Em before the dialogue leech performance is started. The image of this normal ready-to-win production is a combination of three rows of production patterns of "4↓4" ready-to-win, and the middle row of production patterns is scrolled at a low speed (see a). The production pattern in the middle row in the mini pattern area Em changes to the next number at regular intervals, changing from "9" to "1" in synchronization with the display of the dialogue image L2 (see c), from "1" to "2" in synchronization with the display of the dialogue image L3 (see d), from "2" to "3" in synchronization with the display of the dialogue image L4 (see e), and from "3" in synchronization with the display of the dialogue image L5. It changes to "4" (see f), and changes from "4" to "5" (see g) in synchronism with the display of the dialogue image L6.

The seventh embodiment has the following effects.
An image of a line reach performance in which the mode of the dialogue image changes according to the progress of time is displayed in a reach state of three lines of performance patterns. For this reason, the player can enjoy the change of the dialogue image in the speech leech effect in the ready-to-win state, so that the amusement of the game is improved. Moreover, the image of the mini-symbol game whose combination changes in synchronism with the change of the dialogue image in the speech leash performance is displayed. For this reason, the player can recognize the dialogue image in the speech leech performance as a combination of three rows of performance symbols, thereby further improving the amusement of the game.
In the above embodiment 7, when the dialogue leech effect ends with a disappointing pattern, the effect patterns of the three rows may be displayed in any combination of "555" and "545" without executing the battle effect BL2.

[Example 8]
When the count-up ready-to-win effect ends with reaching, as shown in FIG. 56, an ending image Ess of "Won without fighting" is displayed (see a→b). This ending image Ess informs the player that the battle image BL2 will not be displayed in addition to the fact that the count-up reach effect is finished, and when a certain period of time has passed since the display of the ending image Ess started, the ending image Ess is replaced with the outcome of the victory of the battle image BL2. That is, when the count-up ready-to-win performance ends at the end of the arrival, the performance patterns of the three rows become a big win combination ``444'' with a probability of ``100%'', and the low-accuracy electric support state is set with a higher probability than the high-accuracy electric support state. That is, the ending of reaching the count-up reach performance is set with a higher probability of a big hit than the ending of excess, and the probability of the high-precision electric support mode is set lower than that of the ending of excess.
In the above eighth embodiment, when the count-up ready-to-win effect ends at the end of the reach, the three rows of effect symbols may be displayed as either a combination of "444" for the big hit or a combination of "434" for the big win without displaying the battle image BL2. In this case, when the count-up ready-to-win performance ends with the end of reach, it is preferable to set both the probability of the big win and the probability of the high-precision electric support mode to be lower than when it ends with the end of excess.

[Example 9]
When the effect pattern of the third row is in the ready state of "4", as shown in FIG. 57, the button operation effect is started in the low speed scroll state of the effect pattern of the middle row (see a). This button operation presentation prompts the player to repeatedly press the operation button 10 in response to the display of the message image M of "Hit the button repeatedly!" The operation button 10 is activated only during the period T during which the message image M is displayed, and when the sub-control circuit 60 detects that the operation button 10 has been hit repeatedly within the effective period T, flash ready-to-win performance is started. This flash reach effect is executed during the mini symbol game of the seventh embodiment. Before the start of this flash reach effect, the background of the mini pattern area Em is displayed in the color "white (W)" (see a), and the flash reach effect is started by changing the background color of the mini pattern area Em from "white (W)" to "yellow (Y)" (see b). The timing at which the background color changes from ``white (W)'' to ``yellow (Y)'' is set to the timing at which the combination of three rows of performance patterns in the mini pattern region Em becomes ``494'', and the player can recognize that the flash reach performance has started in response to the background color of the mini pattern region Em changing from ``white (W)'' to ``yellow (Y)''.

When the flash reach production is started, the background color of the mini pattern area Em changes from ``yellow (Y)'' to ``green (G)'' → ``blue (B)'' → ``golden (Go)'' → ``rainbow color (Ra)'' → ``red (R)'' in order. The timing at which the background color changes from ``yellow (Y)'' to ``green (G)'' is set at the timing when the combination of the three rows of performance symbols in the mini symbol area Em changes from ``494'' to ``414'' (see c), and the timing at which the background color changes from ``green (G)'' to ``blue (B)'' is set at the timing when the combination of the three rows of performance symbols changes from ``414'' to ``424'' (see d), and from ``blue (B)'' to ``gold (Go)''. The timing of the change is set to the timing when the combination of 3 rows of production symbols changes from ``424'' to ``434'' (see e), the timing of changing from ``gold (Go)'' to ``rainbow color (Ra)'' is set to the timing when the combination of 3 rows of production symbols changes from ``434'' to ``444'' (see f), and the timing of the change from ``rainbow (Ra)'' to ``red (R)'' is set to the timing when the combination of 3 rows of production symbols changes from ``444'' to ``454''. set to timing (see g). That is, the flash ready-to-win effect is a effect that changes in appearance with the passage of time, and suggests to the player the probability of a big hit and the probability of a high-accuracy electric support mode.
In the above-described ninth embodiment, the configuration may be such that the three lines of effect symbols are not displayed in the mini symbol area Em. That is, the probability of a big hit and the probability of a high-accuracy electric support mode may be suggested to the player only by the flash reach effect.

In Examples 6 to 9 above, the following [Reference Invention 3-1] to [Reference Invention 3-7] are described in addition to the inventions described in the claims. Some gaming machines have a configuration in which success/failure is determined each time a starting condition is established, and the result of success/failure determination is notified to the player by displaying an image of a symbol game each time the success/failure is determined. In the case of this game machine, there is a configuration that suggests to the player that a hit is notified according to the display of the ready-to-win effect image during the symbol game (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-17425). Some of these gaming machines are configured to perform advance notice effects. This advance notice performance only heightens the player's sense of expectation for the hit in response to suggesting to the player that the image of the ready-to-win performance will be displayed, and there is room for improvement in terms of taste.

[Reference Invention 3-1]
determination means for determining win/fail each time a starting condition is established, and for setting a state advantageous to the player when a hit is determined;
A symbol game means for displaying an image of a symbol game for informing the player of the determination result of success or failure;
A preceding performance means which suggests in advance when setting of a state advantageous to a player in a symbol game is notified in advance in a manner in which the content changes in accordance with the progress of time, and which can perform the preceding performance in either a ``short pattern to end in a timing mode'' or a ``long pattern to continue beyond the timing mode'';
A post-performance is performed to increase a player's expectation for notification of setting of a state advantageous to the player in a symbol game, and a post-performance means capable of starting the post-performance when the pre-performance is finished in a trigger mode is provided,
The game machine is characterized in that the pattern game means informs the setting of a state advantageous to the player with a high probability when the preceding performance is continued beyond the mode of the opportunity compared with the case where it is finished with the mode of the opportunity.
According to the above means, the pre-production and the post-production are performed during the symbol game. The preceding effect suggests in advance that the setting of a state advantageous to the player in the symbol game is announced, and is a effect whose contents change according to the progress of time. This preceding effect has a short pattern that ends in the mode of opportunity and a long pattern that continues beyond the mode of opportunity. The post-performance increases the player's expectation for notification of the setting of a state advantageous to the player in the symbol game, and is started when the pre-performance is finished in the mode of opportunity. When this preceding performance continues beyond the mode of opportunity, setting of a state advantageous to the player is announced with a high probability as compared with the case of ending with the mode of opportunity. Therefore, the player's expectation is lowered as the preceding performance exceeds the characteristic opportunity mode, and the setting of the state advantageous to the player is notified with high probability in the state where the player's expectation is lowered. Therefore, the player recognizes the setting of the state that is advantageous to the player in a state in which the sense of expectation is lowered, so that the amusement of the game is improved.
"All of the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the small winning game, and the big winning game should stop" in the embodiment corresponds to establishment of the starting condition, "big win" corresponds to winning, "big winning game" corresponds to a state advantageous to the player, the main control circuit 40 corresponds to the determination means, "performance symbol game" corresponds to the symbol game, and the sub-control circuit 60 corresponds to the symbol game means, the preceding performance means, and the post performance. ``Count-up reach performance'' corresponds to the preceding performance, ``444'' corresponds to the ``opportunity aspect'', the ``arrival pattern'' corresponds to the short pattern, the ``excess pattern'' corresponds to the long pattern, and the ``battle image BL2'' corresponds to the post-performance.

[Reference invention 3-2]
The preceding performance means is capable of performing a very short pattern that ends before the preceding performance is set as a trigger mode,
The post-production means is disabled to execute the post-production when the preceding production is executed in a very short pattern,
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 3-1] is characterized in that the symbol game means informs with a high probability that a state advantageous to the player is not set when the preceding effect is executed in the extremely short pattern as compared to the case of the short pattern and the long pattern, respectively.
According to the above means, when the preceding performance is executed in the extremely short pattern, it is highly probable that the post-performance is not executed and a state advantageous to the player is not set. Therefore, since it does not take a long time to inform the player that a state advantageous to the player is not set, it is possible to prevent the player from feeling frustrated.
The "unreached pattern 1 count-up reach effect" of the embodiment corresponds to the preceding effect of the extremely short pattern.

[Reference invention 3-3]
The judging means can set a high-probability state for judging a hit with a high probability when it is judged to be a hit,
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 3-1], wherein the symbol game means informs the setting of a high probability state as a state advantageous to the player by a symbol game.
According to the above means, when the preceding effect continues beyond the trigger mode, the setting of the high-probability state is announced with a higher probability than when it ends in the trigger mode. Therefore, the player recognizes that the high-probability state is set in a state in which the player's sense of expectation is lowered, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.

[Reference Invention 3-4]
The symbol game means sets the identification symbol to either a winning mode or a losing mode according to the result of determination of success or failure,
The preceding effect means displays, as a preceding effect, an image in which the mode of the identification symbol changes from the winning mode to the winning mode as time progresses, and then moves away from the winning mode through the winning mode,
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 3-1], wherein the post-effect means starts the post-effect in a mode triggered by a winning mode of the identification symbol.
According to the above means, the display of the image in which the mode of the identification pattern moves from the winning mode to the winning mode as time progresses and then goes away from the winning mode through the winning mode is performed as a preliminary effect. Winning is reported with a low probability when a post-performance is started when the identification pattern becomes a winning mode in this preceding performance, and winning is reported with a high probability when the identification pattern exceeds the winning mode and becomes a losing mode. Therefore, when the identification pattern exceeds the winning mode, the player's expectation for the winning becomes extremely low, and the winning is reported with a high probability in a state where the player's expectation for the winning is extremely lowered. Therefore, the player recognizes the win in a state in which the player's sense of anticipation is extremely lowered, so that the amusement of the game is further improved.
The three rows of effect symbols in the embodiment correspond to identification symbols.

[Reference invention 3-5]
The symbol game means sets the identification symbol to either a winning mode or a losing mode according to the result of determination of success or failure,
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 3-1], wherein the preceding effect means performs a display in which the mode of the effect image different from the identification symbol changes in accordance with the progress of time as the preceding effect in the reach state of the identification symbol.
According to the above-described means, the player can enjoy the image of the preceding effect, in which the mode of the effect image changes according to the progress of time, in the ready-to-reach state of the identification symbol, so that the amusement of the game is improved.
The lines reach effect and the flash reach effect of the embodiment correspond to the preceding effect, and the dialogue images L1 to L6 and the background of the mini symbol area Em correspond to the effect image.

[Reference Invention 3-6]
determination means for determining win/fail each time a starting condition is established, and for setting a state advantageous to the player when a hit is determined;
a symbol game means for displaying a symbol game image for notifying that a state advantageous to the player is set;
a preceding performance means for performing a preceding performance suggesting in advance when setting of a state advantageous to a player in a symbol game is notified in advance in a manner in which the content changes according to the progress of time, and capable of ending the preceding performance at any one of a plurality of end timings different in duration and mode from each other;
A post-effect means for performing a post-effect to heighten a player's expectation for notification of setting of a state advantageous to the player in a symbol game,
The preceding effect means is one that triggers the preceding effect at one of a plurality of end timings before the end,
The post-production means is capable of starting the post-production when the pre-production is completed in the mode of trigger,
The game machine is characterized in that the pattern game means informs the setting of a state advantageous to the player with a high probability when the preceding performance is continued beyond the mode of the opportunity compared with the case where it is finished with the mode of the opportunity.
[Reference Invention 3-7]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 3-6], wherein the symbol gaming means informs the setting of a state advantageous to the player with a high probability in accordance with the end timing of the preceding effect being later.
According to the above means, the pre-production and the post-production are performed during the symbol game. The preceding effect suggests in advance that the setting of a state advantageous to the player in the symbol game is announced, and is a effect whose contents change according to the progress of time. This preceding effect ends at one of a plurality of end timings different in both duration and mode, and one of the plurality of end timings before the final one becomes the mode of opportunity. The post-performance increases the player's expectation for notification of the setting of a state advantageous to the player in the symbol game, and is started when the pre-performance is finished in the mode of opportunity. This preceding performance is continued beyond the mode of the opportunity, and when the preceding performance is continued beyond the mode of the opportunity, the setting of a state advantageous to the player is reported with a high probability as compared with the case of finishing with the mode of the opportunity. Therefore, the player's expectation is lowered as the preceding performance exceeds the characteristic opportunity mode, and the setting of the state advantageous to the player is notified with high probability in the state where the player's expectation is lowered. Therefore, the player recognizes the setting of the state that is advantageous to the player in a state in which the sense of expectation is lowered, so that the amusement of the game is improved.

[Example 10]
Each of the normal background image 1, the normal background image 2 and the normal background image 3 in FIG. 58 is displayed as the background image of the production pattern game on the production pattern display 28 in the state that the game mode is set to the normal game mode. A normal background image 1 (see a) is set to an image of a flock of bats flying, and is displayed with the normal mode 1 set as the presentation mode. The normal background image 2 (see b) is set to an image of a flock of birds flying in the sky, and is displayed with the normal mode 2 set as the presentation mode. The normal background image 3 (see c) is set to an image of a witch flying in the sky, and is displayed with the normal mode 3 set as the production mode.

The pattern group 13 in FIG. 58(d) consists of nine kinds of number patterns "1" to "9". The odd number patterns "1", "3", "5", "7" and "9" are set in red, and the even number patterns "2", "4", "6" and "8" are set in blue. The 9 types of number patterns of this pattern group 13 are displayed as the left, middle, and right columns in each of the production pattern game in which the production mode is set to normal mode 1, the production pattern game to normal mode 3, the production pattern game to chance mode, the production pattern game to speed mode, and the production pattern game to super speed mode. not. The pattern group 2 in FIG. 58(e) consists of 9 kinds of number patterns "1" to "9", the odd number patterns "1" to "9" are set in red color, and the even number patterns "2" to "8" are set in blue color. Each numerical pattern of the pattern group 2 is different from the numerical pattern of the pattern group 13 in that an image of a bird is attached, and is displayed as the left, middle and right row performance patterns only in the performance pattern game in which the performance mode is set to the normal mode 2.例文帳に追加

The effect mode determination process of FIG. 59(a) is executed in S124 of FIG. 35 when starting the present effect symbol game in response to the fact that the sub-control circuit 60 receives the special figure 1 game data from the main control circuit 40. This performance mode determination processing is for changing between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 2 and between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 3 in a state where the game mode is set to the normal game mode, and the change between the normal mode 2 and the normal mode 3 is not performed. When the performance mode is changed by this performance mode change processing, the current performance pattern game is started with the background image of the type corresponding to the result of the change of the performance mode and the performance symbols of the same three rows.

The sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the current game mode is the normal game mode in S501 of the production mode determination process. When it is determined that it is the normal game mode here, the process proceeds to S502, and it is determined whether or not there is a determination result of deviation in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. When it is determined that there is a determination result of deviation here, the process proceeds to S503, and it is determined whether or not the current production mode is the normal mode 1. This normal mode 1 is a performance mode that is initially set when the main power supply is turned on, and when the sub-control circuit 60 determines that it is normal mode 1, it shifts to performance mode processing 1 of S504, and when it determines that it is not normal mode 1, it determines whether or not the current performance mode is normal mode 2 in S505. When it is determined that it is normal mode 2 here, it transfers to production mode processing 2 of S506, and when it is normal mode 3, it transfers to production mode processing 3 of S508. Each of these performance mode processes 1 to 3 determines whether or not to change the current performance mode, and the sub-control circuit 60 shifts to performance mode change processing of S507 when each of the performance mode processes 1 to 3 is finished.

Figure 59 (b) is the effect mode process 1 of S504, the sub-control circuit 60 in S511 whether or not there is any of the special figure fluctuation pattern determination result "PH01" "PH02" "PH03" "PH04" in the reception result of the special figure 1 game data. The special figure variation pattern "PH01" is for displaying the battle image BL1 of the ending of defeat, the special figure variation pattern "PH02" is for displaying the battle image BL2 of the ending of defeat, the special figure variation pattern "PH03" is for displaying the battle image BL3 of the ending of defeat, the special figure variation pattern "PH04" is for displaying the battle image BL4 of the ending of defeat, and the sub-control circuit 60 causes the special figure at S511. If it is determined that any one of the variation pattern determination results "PH01" to "PH04" exists, the value of the flag F3 is set to "1" in S512.

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S511 that there is no determination result of the special figure variation pattern for the battle performance of the ending of defeat, it proceeds to S513 and adds "1" to the value of the counter N. The value of this counter N measures the number of consecutive executions of the performance symbol game that is out of play, and is reset to "0" when the main power is turned on. When the sub-control circuit 60 finishes S513, it proceeds to S514 and determines whether or not the addition result of the value of the counter N is "100". When it is determined that the addition result of the value of the counter N is "100", the value of the flag F2 is set to "1" at S515, and the value of the counter N is reset to "0" at S516.

FIG. 60(a) is the effect mode process 2 of S506, the sub-control circuit 60 adds "1" to the value of the counter N in S521, and determines whether the addition result of the value of the counter N is "100" in S522. When it is determined that the addition result of the value of the counter N is "100", the value of the flag F1 is set to "1" at S523, and the value of the counter N is reset to "0" at S524.
FIG. 60(b) is the effect mode process 3 of S508, the sub-control circuit 60 adds "1" to the value of the counter N in S531, and determines whether the addition result of the value of the counter N is "30" in S532. When it is determined that the addition result of the value of the counter N is "30", the value of the flag F1 is set to "1" at S533, and the value of the counter N is reset to "0" at S534.

FIG. 61 shows the effect mode change processing of S507, and the sub-control circuit 60 determines whether or not the value of the flag F1 is "1" in S541. If it is determined that the flag F1 is turned on, the current presentation mode is changed to normal mode 1 at S542, and the value of the flag F1 is set to "0" at S543. This performance mode is initially set to the normal mode 1 when the main power supply is turned on, and when the number of consecutive executions of the lost performance symbol game reaches ``100 times'' in the normal mode 2, the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 2 to the normal mode 1, and when the number of continuous executions of the failure performance symbol game reaches ``30 times'' in the normal mode 3, the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 3 to the normal mode 1.例文帳に追加

When S543 is finished, the sub-control circuit 60 switches the background image of the performance pattern game from the normal background image 2 or the normal background image 3 to the normal background image 1 at S544, and determines whether or not the performance mode is switched from the normal mode 2 to the normal mode 1 at S545. Here, when it is determined that the performance mode is switched from the normal mode 2 to the normal mode 1, the process shifts to S546, and each of the performance symbols in the three rows is changed from the number pattern of the pattern group 2 to the number pattern of the pattern group 13. Specifically, when the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 2 to the normal mode 1 and from the normal mode 3 to the normal mode 1, the normal background image 1 is started to be displayed when the image of the performance pattern game is started to be displayed, and when the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 2 to the normal mode 1, the performance symbols of the three rows are changed from the number patterns of the pattern group 2 to the number patterns of the pattern group 13 in synchronism with the start of the display of the normal background image 1.例文帳に追加

If the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S541 that the flag F1 is turned off, it proceeds to S547 and determines whether or not the flag F2 is turned on. If it is determined that the flag F2 is turned on, the current effect mode is changed to normal mode 2 at S548, and the flag F2 is turned off at S549. That is, when the number of consecutive executions of the performance pattern game of loss reaches ``100 times'' without the image of the battle performance of the ending of defeat being displayed in the normal mode 1, the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 2.例文帳に追加

When S549 is finished, the sub-control circuit 60 switches the background image of the performance pattern game from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 2 at S550, and changes each of the performance symbols of the three rows from the number pattern of the pattern group 13 to the number pattern of the pattern group 2 at S551. That is, when the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 2, the normal background image 2 is started to be displayed when the image of the performance pattern game is started to be displayed, and the performance symbols of the three rows are changed from the number symbols of the symbol group 13 to the number symbols of the symbol group 2 in synchronism with the start of the display of the normal background image 2.例文帳に追加

When the sub-control circuit 60 determines in S547 that the flag F2 is turned off, it proceeds to S552 and determines whether or not the flag F3 is turned on. When it is determined that the flag F3 is turned on, the current performance mode is changed to the normal mode 3 at S553, the flag F3 is turned off at S554, and the background image of the performance pattern game is switched from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 3 at S555. That is, when the image of the battle performance of the ending of defeat is displayed in the current performance pattern game, the performance mode is changed from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 3 when the current performance pattern game is started, and the image of the battle performance of the defeat ending in the current performance pattern game is displayed superimposed on the normal background image 3. When the performance mode is switched from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 3, the symbol group is not changed, and the number symbols of the symbol group 13 are displayed as three rows of performance symbols.

That is, in the normal game mode, in addition to the switching of performance modes between normal mode 1 and normal mode 3, the switching of performance modes between normal mode 1 and normal mode 2 is allowed, and the switching of performance modes between normal mode 2 and normal mode 3 is not allowed. When the performance mode is switched between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 3, the background image of the performance pattern game is switched when the performance pattern game of this time is started, and the images of the performance pattern of the three rows are not switched. When the performance mode is switched between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 2, the background image of the performance pattern game and the images of the performance patterns of the three rows are switched synchronously on the image when the current performance pattern game is started.

According to the tenth embodiment, the following effects are obtained.
When the performance mode is switched from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 3, the background image of the performance pattern game is switched from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 3, and since the performance patterns of the three rows are fixed to the number patterns of the pattern group 13, the change of the performance pattern game image from the player's eyes is relatively small. On the other hand, when the performance mode is switched from the normal mode 1 to the normal mode 2, the background image of the performance pattern game is switched from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 2, and the performance patterns of the three rows are switched from the number patterns of the pattern group 13 to the number patterns of the pattern group 2. In this case, since the switching timing of the number symbols is synchronized with the switching timing of the background image, the image of the performance symbol game greatly changes from the player's eye level. Therefore, since the behavior of changing the image of the effect symbol game becomes exceptional, the interest of the game is improved.

Normal mode 1, normal mode 2 and normal mode 3 are set as normal game modes. For this reason, since the change of the image of the performance symbol game with a special behavior occurs in the normal game mode, the interest of the game especially in the normal game mode is improved.
Since the duration of the normal mode 3 (30 performance pattern games) is set shorter than the duration of each of the normal modes 1 and 2 (100 performance pattern games), the value of the image in which the number patterns of the pattern group 13 are superimposed on the normal background image 3 is increased.
When the image of the battle performance of the ending of defeat is displayed in the current performance pattern game, the normal mode 1 is changed to the normal mode 3 at the timing when the current performance pattern game is started, so that the player can recognize in advance from the change of the background image that the end of the battle performance is the defeat. In other words, the change from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 3 functions as an announcement effect suggesting to the player a battle effect at the end of defeat.
In the tenth embodiment, the normal mode 1 may be changed to the normal mode 3 when the next performance symbol game is started after displaying the image of the battle performance of the ending of defeat in the current performance symbol game.

[Example 11]
The effect mode changing process of FIG. 62(a) is executed by the sub-control circuit 60 in place of the effect mode changing process of FIG. This production mode change processing of FIG. 62 is executed by the sub-control circuit 60 in the timer interrupt processing of FIG. This mode change timing Tm is set within a period after starting the scroll display of the three rows of performance symbols in the performance symbol game and before stopping the scroll display of the left row performance symbols (see b), and when the sub-control circuit 60 determines that it is the mode change timing Tm in S561, it proceeds to S541 to S555. These S541 to S555 have the same content as the production mode change processing in FIG. 61, and in the normal game mode, in addition to the switching of the production mode between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 3, the switching of the production mode between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 2 is allowed, and the switching of the production mode between the normal mode 2 and the normal mode 3 is not allowed. The switching of these performance modes is executed in a state in which three rows of performance symbols are scroll-displayed, and when the performance mode is switched between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 3, the background image of the performance pattern game is switched while the three rows of performance symbols are scroll-displayed, and the three rows of performance symbols are not switched. On the other hand, when the performance mode is switched between the normal mode 1 and the normal mode 2, the background image of the performance pattern game and the performance symbols of the three rows are switched synchronously with each other while the performance symbols of the three rows are scroll-displayed.

The eleventh embodiment has the following effects.
The switching from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 2 is executed during the scroll display of the performance patterns of the three rows, and the types of the performance patterns of the three rows are switched during the scroll display in synchronization with the switching timing from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 2.例文帳に追加Therefore, the change in the image of the effect symbol game becomes extremely large, so that the interest of the game can be further enhanced.

[Example 12]
Special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 of FIG. 18 (d) are set in the RAM of the sub control circuit 60, and the special figure 1 prefetching reception areas 1 to 4 of the sub control circuit 60 are always stored in the same order as the special figure 1 prefetching areas 1 to 4 of the main control circuit 40. This sub-control circuit 60 executes the suspension effect. This pending effect displays the cloud image C in the normal color in the pending display area H0 during the display of the image of the production pattern game this time, when the special figure 1 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetching reception area 4, the cloud image C is displayed in normal color in the holding display area H1, and when the special figure 1 prefetching data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 3, the cloud image C is displayed in normal color in the holding display area H2, and special in the special figure 1 prefetching receiving area 2 When the FIG. 1 prefetch data is stored, the cloud image C is displayed in the normal color in the reserved display area H3, and when the special figure 1 prefetched data is stored in the special figure 1 prefetch receiving area 1, the cloud image C is displayed in the normal color in the reserved display area H4 (see Example 1), and is executed in common when any game mode and any production mode are set.

FIG. 63 explains the pending look-ahead effect. This reserved look-ahead effect suggests to the player that three rows of effect symbols will result in a big hit combination in the effect pattern game corresponding to the cloud image C of the special color by changing the color of one of the cloud images C in the hold display area H0 to the cloud image C in the hold display area H4 from the normal color to the special color, and does not start when the effect mode is set to the normal mode 2 or the normal mode 3, and is not started when the effect mode is set to the normal mode 1. is started with

FIG. 63 shows the case where the cloud image C in the reserved display area H4 changes from the normal color to the special color during the current performance symbol game (see a→b), suggesting to the player that the performance symbols in the third row will be a big hit combination in the fourth performance symbol game. In this case, a special color cloud image C is displayed in the reserved display area H3 when the first production pattern game is started (see c), a special color cloud image C is displayed in the reservation display area H2 when the second production design game is started (see d), a special color cloud image C is displayed in the reservation display area H1 when the third production design game is started (see e), and a reservation display area H0 is displayed when the fourth production design game is started. A cloud image C with a special color is displayed inside (see f).

The reserved look-ahead performance is started at a probability of less than 100% when the look-ahead result (PO01-PO04 and PH01-PH04) of the special figure variation pattern for the battle performance is stored in any one of the special figure 1 lookahead reception areas 1-4 of the sub-control circuit 60 in the normal mode 1, and predicts the big hit indefinitely. That is, when the reserved look-ahead performance is started in the normal mode 1, the normal mode 1 is changed to the normal mode 3 in accordance with the performance mode determination processing of FIGS. 59 to 60 and the performance mode change processing of FIG. A cloud image C of a special color is displayed in a holding display area H0 in synchronization with the switching of the background image, the present fourth production pattern game is superimposed on the normal background image 3 with the cloud image C of the special color being displayed, and the cloud image C of the special color is erased when the fourth production pattern game is finished.

The performance mode change processing 0 of FIG. 64(a) is executed by the sub-control circuit 60 in place of the performance mode change processing of FIG. If the special color cloud image C is not displayed in any of the pending display areas H0 to H4 here, it is determined that the pending prefetch effect is stopped, and the process proceeds to the effect mode change process of S563. This performance mode change processing is the same as the performance mode change processing of FIG. 61, the performance mode is changed to the same as in the tenth embodiment while the reserved look-ahead performance is stopped, and the kind of the background image of the performance symbol game and the kind of three rows of performance symbols are changed to the same as in the tenth embodiment.

A sub-control circuit 60 determines in S561 that a pending prefetch performance is being executed when a cloud image C in a special color is displayed in any of the pending display areas H0 to H4, shifts to S562, and determines whether or not the current performance mode is the normal mode 1.例文帳に追加Here, when it is determined that the current effect mode is the normal mode 1, the process proceeds to S552, and it is determined whether or not the flag F3 is turned on. If it is determined that the flag F3 is turned on, the normal mode 3 is set at S553, the flag F3 is turned off at S554, and the normal background image 1 is switched to the normal background image 3 at S555 (see b to d). In this case, the suspended look-ahead effect is continued in the normal mode 3, and the cloud image C in a special color is superimposed on the normal background image 3 and displayed.

When it is determined that the normal mode 1 is changed to the normal mode 2 during execution of the pending look-ahead effect, the flag F2 is turned on. In this case, the sub-control circuit 60 shifts from S561 to S563 in accordance with the end of the pending look-ahead effect. Here, the normal mode 1 is changed to the normal mode 2, and synchronously with the switching from the normal background image 1 to the normal background image 2, the performance patterns of the three rows are switched from the number patterns of the pattern group 13 to the number patterns of the pattern group 2.例文帳に追加
In the tenth to twelfth embodiments described above, normal modes 1 to 3 may be set instead of the chance mode during the period from when the game mode is set to the high-accuracy electricity support mode to when it is demoted to the low-accuracy non-electricity support mode via the low-accuracy electricity support mode, and during the period from when the game mode is set to the low-accuracy electricity support mode until it is demoted to the low-accuracy non-electricity support mode. That is, normal modes 1 to 3 may be set across a plurality of game modes.

In Examples 10 to 12 above, the following [Reference Invention 4-1] to [Reference Invention 4-6] are described in addition to the inventions described in the claims. Some gaming machines have a configuration in which success/failure is determined each time a starting condition is established, and the result of success/failure determination is notified to the player by displaying an image of the symbol game each time the success/failure is determined. Some of these gaming machines are configured to change the background image of the symbol game (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-17425). This change of the background image only distracts the player from feeling frustrated, and leaves room for improvement in terms of taste.

[Reference Invention 4-1]
a special game means for determining success or failure each time a starting condition is established, and executing a special game in which the special area is opened when a win is determined;
a display for displaying an image of a symbol game in which the identification symbols are superimposed on the background image and displayed in a varying state, and then the variation is stopped in a manner according to the determination result of success or failure;
Background mode setting means capable of setting ``a first type background mode for designating a first type background image'', ``a second type background mode for designating a second type background image'', and ``a third type background mode for designating a third type background image'' as a background mode for designating a type of background image displayed in a symbol game image;
A symbol game means for displaying a symbol game image on the display with a background image of the type specified in the background mode,
The background mode setting means
permitting switching of the background mode from the first type to the second type and switching of the background mode from the first type to the third type, respectively;
The symbol game means
In a state where the first type of background mode is set and in a state where the third type of background mode is set, the same type of identification pattern is displayed in the pattern game image, and in the state where the second type of background mode is set, the pattern game image displays a different type of identification pattern different from the same type of identification pattern,
This game machine is characterized in that when the background mode is switched from the first type to the second type, the identification pattern is switched from the same type to the different type in synchronism with the timing of switching the background image from the first type to the second type.
According to the above means, when the display mode is switched from the first type to the third type, the background image is switched from the first type to the third type, but the type of the identification pattern is not switched, so that the change of the pattern game image from the player's eyes is relatively small. On the other hand, when the display mode is switched from the first type to the second type, the background image is switched from the first type to the second type, and the identification pattern is switched from the first type to the second type. In this case, since the identification pattern type is switched in synchronism with the timing at which the background image type is switched, the image of the pattern game greatly changes from the player's point of view. Therefore, since the behavior of changing the image of the symbol game becomes exceptional, the interest of the game is improved.
In the embodiment, ``the special figure 1 game, the special figure 2 game, the big win game, and the small win game are all stopped'' corresponds to the establishment of the starting condition, the ``big prize opening 19'' corresponds to the special area, the ``jackpot game'' corresponds to the special game, the ``main control circuit 40'' corresponds to the special game means, the ``3 rows of performance symbols'' corresponds to the identification pattern, the ``scrolling state'' corresponds to the ``fluctuation state'', and `` "Scroll stop state" corresponds to "fluctuation stop state", "effect symbol game" corresponds to symbol game, "effect symbol display device 28" corresponds to display device, "normal background image 1" corresponds to "first type background image", "normal background image 2" corresponds to "second type background image", "normal background image 3" corresponds to "third type background image", and "three rows of effect symbols consisting of number patterns in pattern group 13" are equivalent. ``Normal mode 1'' corresponds to the first type of background mode, ``Normal mode 2'' corresponds to the second type of background mode, ``Normal mode 3'' corresponds to the third type of background mode, and the sub-control circuit 60 corresponds to a background mode setting means and a pattern game means.

[Reference Invention 4-2]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 4-1], wherein the background mode setting means sets the first type of background mode, the second type of background mode, and the third type of background mode within a predetermined specific period.
According to the above-described means, the change of the symbol game image with a special behavior occurs within the specific period, so that the interest of the game within the specific period is improved.
The period during which the normal game mode of the embodiment is set corresponds to a specific period.

[Reference Invention 4-3]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 4-2], wherein the background mode setting means performs control such that the duration of the third background mode is shorter than the duration of the first background mode and the duration of the second background mode within the specific period.
According to the above means, the period during which the rare image in which the same kind of identification pattern is superimposed on the third type background image is displayed is the shortest within a specific period, so the valuableness of the image can be increased.

[Reference Invention 4-4]
Judgment means for judging the success or failure when the game ball enters the starting area in a state in which it is possible to judge the success or failure, and suspends the judgment processing of the success or failure until the state becomes possible to judge the success or failure when the game ball enters the starting area in the state in which the judgment cannot be made;
special game means for executing a special game in which the special area is opened when it is determined to be a hit;
a display for displaying an image of a symbol game in which the identification symbols are superimposed on the background image and displayed in a varying state, and then the variation is stopped in a manner according to the determination result of success or failure;
Background mode setting means capable of setting ``a first type background mode for designating a first type background image'', ``a second type background mode for designating a second type background image'', and ``a third type background mode for designating a third type background image'' as a background mode for designating a type of background image displayed in a symbol game image;
A symbol game means for displaying a symbol game image on the display with a background image of the type specified in the background mode;
a pre-reading means for pre-reading whether a game ball enters a starting area in a state in which it is impossible to determine whether the ball is correct or not before determining whether the ball is correct or not;
Prefetching game means for starting to display a prefetching image suggesting to the player that the prefetching result of winning or failing is successful on the display device in a state where the first kind of background mode is set,
The background mode setting means
The game machine is characterized in that the switching of the background mode from the first type to the third type and the switching of the background mode from the first type to the second type are permitted respectively in a state where the look-ahead image is not displayed, the switching of the background mode from the first type to the third type is permitted in the state where the look-ahead image is displayed, and the switching of the background mode from the first type to the second type is not permitted.
[Reference Invention 4-5]
The gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 4-4], wherein the look-ahead game means continues to display the look-ahead image over the background image of the third type when the background mode is switched from the first type to the third type while the look-ahead image is displayed.
According to the above means, switching from the common first type background image to the rare third type background image is allowed in the display state of the look-ahead image, so that the player's expectation for the win can be enhanced.
The first starting port 18 and the second starting port 23 of the embodiment correspond to the starting area, the main control circuit 40 corresponds to the judging means, the special game means and the look-ahead means, the big winning opening 19 corresponds to the special area, the jackpot game corresponds to the special game, the effect symbol game corresponds to the symbol game, the effect symbol of the three rows corresponds to the identification symbol, the effect symbol display 28 corresponds to the display, and the normal background image 1 corresponds to the first kind of display. The normal mode 1 corresponds to the first type of background mode, the normal background image 2 corresponds to the second type of background image, the normal mode 2 corresponds to the second type of background mode, the normal background image 3 corresponds to the third type of background image, the normal mode 3 corresponds to the third type of background mode, the sub-control circuit 60 corresponds to the background mode setting means and the pattern game means, and the special color cloud image C corresponds to the look-ahead image.

[Reference Invention 4-6]
game mode setting means capable of setting a plurality of game modes having different degrees of advantage for the player;
The background mode setting means
A gaming machine according to [Reference Invention 4-1] or [Reference Invention 4-4], characterized in that a first type of background mode, a second type of background mode, and a third type of background mode are set within a specific period spanning a state in which one of the plurality of game modes is set and a state in which the other one is set.

18 is a first starting port, 19 is a big prize winning port, 23 is a second starting port, 28 is a performance symbol display, 40 is a main control circuit, and 60 is a sub control circuit.

Claims (1)

determination means for determining win/fail each time a starting condition is established, and for setting a state advantageous to the player when a hit is determined;
a symbol game means for displaying an image of the symbol game for informing the player of the result of determination of success or failure;
a ready-to-win performance means for displaying an image of a ready-to-win performance to a player in advance when a win is notified by an image of a symbol game by any one of ``preceding pattern for displaying the image of the leading performance and the image of the post-performance in chronological order'', ``preceding pattern for displaying only the image of the leading performance among both images'', and ``later pattern for displaying only the image of the post-performance among both images'';
A notice effect means for performing a notice effect to suggest to the player that the after image will be displayed in the ready-to-win effect,
The reach production means is
The game machine is characterized in that when the advance notice performance is executed, the ready-to-win performance can be performed by each of the front and rear patterns, the front pattern and the rear pattern, and the rear pattern performs performance with a high probability, and the front and rear pattern performs performance with a lower probability than the rear pattern.

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