JP4822286B2 - Bullet ball machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to an effect control technique in a ball game machine.

  Conventionally, among the various ball game machines, a so-called first type pachinko game machine is used while changing a plurality of symbols in a display area such as a liquid crystal display provided substantially at the center of the game board. Display (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol change” or “change display”). This gaming machine shifts to a special game called so-called jackpot where more prize balls can be obtained than a normal game when a combination of symbols when a plurality of rows of symbol variations are stopped becomes a specific mode. Known as a thing. The variation display of the symbols in the display area is not just a variation display of multiple symbols, but the time of variation display in a state where it is a big hit if one more symbols are aligned, as in the so-called reach variation screen. For example, it is designed to increase the player's expectation such as making it longer than usual.

In addition to such reach production, there is also known a production that additionally adds a specific production video to the display of the variation of the symbol as an effect for enhancing the interest and expectation of the player (for example, Patent Documents). 1). For example, in an effect called “mission” disclosed in Patent Document 1, a command content such as “get reach within 4 rotations” is presented to the player as a condition for winning the jackpot, and the reach is actually within 4 rotations. If it appears, you can get a big hit. When the deadline for achievement of the command content is specified by the number of symbol fluctuations, the mission effect is generally displayed independently of the symbol fluctuation display for a time corresponding to a plurality of symbol fluctuations.
JP 2005-168734 A

  This additional effect such as a mission effect is executed as a timed effect for playing a predetermined effect video for a predetermined time, and may be displayed independently on a layer different from the symbol variation. For this reason, during the production, there is a possibility that another production with high priority due to symbol variation may occur, and the production may be completely switched during the reproduction of the timed production due to the occurrence. In such a case, since the remaining time of the timed effect is consumed even after the effect is switched, there is a problem that it is difficult to match the previous and subsequent effects when returning to the timed effect.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and its main purpose is to provide an effect control that can smoothly return to a timed effect even if the effect is switched during the reproduction of the timed effect in a gaming machine. To provide technology.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, a ball game machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a game board on which a game area is formed, and a predetermined position in the game area. A winning lottery means for executing a winning lottery for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting prize port, A symbol display device that displays the symbols for indicating the result of the lottery determination, a symbol determination unit for determining a stop mode of the symbol indicating the result of the lottery determination, and a display control unit for variably displaying the symbols on the symbol display device. The special game control means for executing the special game when the symbol change display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the success / failure lottery results in the transition to the special game and the winning / raft lottery is a win. Triggered by entering the winning entrance An effect determining means for determining an aspect of the effect suggesting the result of the lottery determination and determining whether or not to display a timed effect which is displayed for a predetermined time and may be displayed for a plurality of symbol variations for a predetermined time. And a series of effect videos that are displayed as a timed effect for the entire predetermined time, and an effect image holding unit that holds a divided movie obtained by dividing the effect movie by time, and an effect determined by the effect determination unit And an effect processing means for displaying the timed effect when it is determined to display the timed effect. The effect determining means selects a divided moving image corresponding to the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of the symbol variation when the symbol variation accompanied by the priority effect displayed preferentially during the display of the timed effect is displayed.

  The “timed effect” here refers to an effect in which a time from the start to the end of the effect video playback (referred to as “effect time”) is preset. The “production movie” is also held as a divided movie and can be reproduced from the division position. As this division format, a movie of the entire production movie (referred to as “whole movie”) may be divided into a plurality of time units, and the divided movies may be sequentially reproduced. In that case, the entire moving image is configured as a combination of a plurality of divided moving images. Alternatively, a plurality of divided videos obtained by dividing the effect video by the time after the middle may be prepared in advance. Each divided moving image has a different dividing position and a different reproduction time. In that case, the entire moving image and each divided moving image are individually formed, and a moving image corresponding to a reproducible time is selected. However, in the latter case, there is an overlapping portion between the stored moving images, so the former is preferable from the viewpoint of saving the storage capacity of the effect image holding means. The “predetermined reference” can be appropriately set as a condition for starting the timed effect. For example, if the timed effect is an end suggestion effect of a specific effect, which will be described later, the condition may be that a predetermined time before the end of the specific effect has elapsed, or other preset end conditions are satisfied May be the condition. Furthermore, the “priority effect” is an effect that is displayed with priority over the timed effect, and may be displayed by switching to the timed effect when the effect is started during the display of the timed effect. The “remaining time of the timed effect” may be calculated, for example, by providing a time measuring unit that measures the time after the timed effect starts, and from the effect time set for the timed effect and the timed time. In addition, in the case where the timed effect is included in other timed effects, a time measuring unit that measures the time since the start of the other timed effects is provided, and the effect time set for the timed effect and the time measured You may make it calculate from.

  In this aspect, when the timed effect is started, effect videos corresponding to the elapsed time from the start are sequentially displayed. When the priority production is started in the production video display process, the display of the timed production is temporarily interrupted, but the time production is limited by the time from the start, so even if the priority production is being displayed The remaining time will decrease. If there is no transition from the priority effect to the special game, if the remaining time is left at the end of the priority effect, the timed effect is restored. At that time, it is necessary to finish this with the remaining time of the timed effect. In this respect, in this aspect, when returning from the priority effect to the timed effect, the remaining time of the timed effect is calculated, and a divided moving image corresponding to the remaining time is selected. That is, since the divided moving images constituting the effect movie are prepared in advance, it is easy to reproduce the effect movie from the middle. For this reason, even when returning to the timed effect after the transition to the priority effect, the effect animation can be smoothly displayed from the scene corresponding to the remaining time.

  Specifically, the effect image holding means holds a plurality of divided videos obtained by dividing the effect video at different times, and the effect determination means determines the remaining of the timed effect after the reproduction time has ended. A divided video close to time may be selected. Note that the selected divided moving image may be a single divided moving image or a combination of a plurality of divided moving images.

  That is, since the playback time of the divided moving image prepared in advance and the remaining time of the timed effect at that time do not necessarily coincide with each other, the divided moving image in which both times are close to each other is selected. From the viewpoint of a timed effect, it is preferable that the playback time of the selected divided video is not longer than the remaining time of the timed effect. However, if the time difference between the split video on the overtime side is considerably smaller than the split video on the shortage side, or if the time excess of the split video is within the preset allowable range, the time may be exceeded. May be selected.

  According to this aspect, when returning from the priority effect to the timed effect, since the divided video whose playback time is close to the remaining time of the timed effect is selected, the timed effect is almost finished at the set effect time. Can do.

  The effect image holding means holds, for each divided video, a digest image that displays an outline of the contents of the effect produced before each divided video in the effect video for each divided video, and the effect determining means Select a divided video whose playback time is shorter than the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of symbol variation and a digest image corresponding to the divided video, and the effect processing means displays the selected digest image and the divided video. Also good.

  Here, the “digest image” may be anything that can give an outline of the contents of the effect to the player. For example, the content of the effect may be displayed as a moving image, or still images of a plurality of scenes may be displayed sequentially. Alternatively, a synopsis of production may be displayed by text or the like. A plurality of “digest images” may be provided for each divided moving image.

  In other words, because the timed effect is composed of a series of effected videos, if the timed effect is interrupted due to the transition to the priority effect, it becomes difficult to understand the connection between the effects before the priority effect transition and after the timed effect return, the timed effect itself The effect may be diminished. According to this aspect, a digest image representing the content of the previous presentation is prepared for each divided moving image, and is displayed before the reproduction of each divided moving image. For this reason, it is possible to easily grasp the contents of the timed effect in which the player has returned, and to maintain the effect as the effect.

  Specifically, the effect image holding means holds digest images of a plurality of different playback times for each of the divided videos, and the effect determination means determines the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of symbol variation and the selected division You may make it respond | correspond to the time difference with the reproduction | regeneration time of a moving image.

  According to this aspect, since the digest image is selected according to the time difference between the remaining time of the timed effect and the playback time of the selected divided video, the returned timed effect can be ended at the determined effect time. . By preparing a plurality of digest images with different playback times in this way, post-adjustment of the playback time when returning to the timed effect becomes easy. For this reason, for example, the number of divided moving images can be reduced. Therefore, if the digest image is made considerably simpler than the divided moving image, memory can be saved.

  More specifically, the production video is composed of key frames that can be played independently and difference frames that are played based on the key frames, and each divided video is formed so that playback starts from the key frame. Also good. In this way, when the production video includes a key frame and a difference frame, since playback cannot be started from the position of the difference frame, it is difficult to play from any arbitrary position. By preparing, reproduction from the middle is made easy.

  It should be noted that any combination of the above-described constituent elements and a conversion of the expression of the present invention between a method, an apparatus, a system, a recording medium, a computer program, and the like are also effective as an aspect of the present invention.

  According to the present invention, even if the effect is switched during the reproduction of the timed effect in the gaming machine, it is possible to smoothly return to the timed effect.

FIG. 1 shows a basic structure on the front side of a pachinko gaming machine. Hereinafter, a so-called first type pachinko gaming machine, which is conventionally known as a bullet ball gaming machine, will be described as an example.
The pachinko gaming machine 10 is mainly composed of a gaming machine frame and a gaming board. The gaming machine frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 includes an outer frame 11, a front frame 12, a transparent plate 13, a door 14, an upper ball dish 15, a lower ball dish 16, and a launch handle 17. The outer frame 11 has an opening and is a frame for fixing the pachinko gaming machine 10 to a position where it should be installed. The front frame 12 is a frame body that aligns with the opening portion of the outer frame 11, and is attached to the outer frame 11 so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The front frame 12 includes a mechanism for launching a game ball, a mechanism for detachably storing a game board, a mechanism for guiding or collecting the game ball, and the like.

  The transparent plate 13 is made of glass or the like and is supported by the door 14. The door 14 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge mechanism (not shown). The upper ball tray 15 has mechanisms such as storage of game balls, delivery of game balls to the launch rail, and extraction of game balls to the lower ball tray 16. The lower ball tray 16 has a mechanism for storing and extracting game balls. A speaker 18 is provided between the upper ball tray 15 and the lower ball tray 16, and a sound effect corresponding to the gaming state is output.

  The game board 50 has an out port 58, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, and a start winning port (hereinafter referred to as “start port”) 62 on a game area 52 defined by the outer rail 54 and the inner rail 56. , A center ornament 64, a grand prize opening 66, an operation opening 68, and a general prize opening 72. Furthermore, in the game area 52, a plurality of mechanisms such as a game nail and a windmill (not shown) are installed. The start port 62 includes a start winning detection device 74 for detecting the entrance of a game ball and a normal electric accessory solenoid 76 for expanding the expanding mechanism of the start port 62. When the expansion mechanism of the start port 62 is expanded, the opening width of the start port 62 is expanded and the ease of entering the ball is improved. The start winning detection device 74 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the start port 62, and generates start win information indicating the winning at the time of entering. The general winning opening 72 includes a general winning detecting device 73 for detecting the entering of a game ball. The general winning detection device 73 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the general winning opening 72, and generates general winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning. The special winning opening 66 includes a winning detection device 78 for detecting the entry of a game ball and a special winning opening solenoid 80 for expanding the special winning opening 66. The winning detection device 78 is a sensor that detects the entry of a game ball into the big winning opening 66, and generates big winning opening winning information indicating the winning at the time of winning.

  The big winning opening 66 is a horizontal rectangular winning opening that is opened as a “big hit” when the special symbol 192 stops in a predetermined manner. The big winning opening 66 is provided above the out opening 58 and the like. The winning detection device 78 of the big winning opening 66 includes a sensor that detects the passage of a game ball.

  The special symbol display device 61 provided on the left side of the game area 52 and the effect display device 60 provided in the approximate center of the game area 52 have a variation of the special symbol 192 on each screen and a decoration linked to the special symbol 192. The variation of the effect image including the symbol 190 is displayed (hereinafter, such display is referred to as “symbol variation” or “variation display”). Here, the special symbol 192 is a symbol corresponding to the result of the lottery performed when the game ball is dropped into the start port 62, and the symbol mode when the change display is stopped is determined to be the winning symbol. When the symbol is a symbol, the timing at which the stop symbol is displayed is the jackpot occurrence timing. The special symbol display device 61 is display means composed of, for example, 7 segment LEDs. The effect display device 60 is a liquid crystal display that variably displays the decorative symbol 190 in a manner interlocked with the variation display of the special symbol 192. The decorative symbol 190 is a symbol for visually rendering the lottery result display indicated by the special symbol 192. The effect display device 60 displays, as the decorative symbol 190, for example, a plurality of rows of moving images of symbol variation simulating a slot machine game in the central area of the screen. The effect display device 60 is constituted by a liquid crystal display in this embodiment, but may be constituted by a mechanical rotating device such as a drum or other display means such as an LED. Since the special symbol 192 does not necessarily have a role of production, in this embodiment, the special symbol 192 is displayed in an inconspicuous size on the special symbol display device 61 at the lower left of the production display device 60. In the case of adopting a technique in which a decorative role is not displayed and a decorative symbol is not displayed, the special symbol may be displayed on a liquid crystal display such as the effect display device 60. The operation port 68 is provided at the left side position of the game board 50. The operation port 68 includes a passage detection device 69. The passage detection device 69 is a sensor that detects the passage of the game ball to the operation port 68, and generates passage information indicating the passage at the time of passage. The passage of the game ball to the operation port 68 triggers an open lottery for determining whether or not to expand the expansion mechanism of the start port 62. When the game ball passes through the operation port 68, a normal symbol, which is a symbol indicating the result of the open lottery, is variably displayed on the normal symbol display device 59. The normal symbol display device 59 is provided on the lower right side of the effect display device 60. When the normal symbol variation display is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed, the start port 62 is normally expanded for a predetermined time with a probability of about 50% to 80%.

  A center ornament 64 is provided around the effect display device 60. The center decoration 64 has functions such as a flow path of the game ball, protection of the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60, and decoration. A lottery hold lamp 20 is provided below the effect display device 60, and an operation hold lamp 22 is provided below the normal symbol display device 59 at the lower right of the game area 52, which is a symmetrical position. . The lottery hold lamp 20 is composed of four lamps, and displays the number of lottery holds depending on the number of lights. The number of lottery holds is the number of lottery results won to the start port 62 during symbol variation or special game, and indicates the number of winning balls for which symbol variation has not yet been executed. The operation hold lamp 22 is also composed of four lamps, and displays the number of hold of normal symbol fluctuations depending on the number of lights. The number of normal symbol fluctuations held is the number of game balls that have passed through the operation port 68 during the fluctuation of the normal symbol, and indicates the number of normal symbol lotteries for which the fluctuation of the normal symbol has not yet been executed. Furthermore, game effect lamps 90 are respectively provided above and below the effect display device 60. The operation button 82 is a button that the player operates to input a predetermined instruction to the gaming machine. The operation button 82 is provided on the outer wall surface near the upper ball tray 15.

  When the player turns the launch handle 17 by hand, the game balls stored in the upper ball tray 15 are guided one by one to the inner rail 56 and the outer rail 54 with a strength corresponding to the turning angle, thereby playing the game area. To 52. When the player fixes the rotation position of the firing handle 17 by hand, the game ball is repeatedly fired at regular time intervals. The game ball launched to the upper part of the game area 52 falls in a direction according to the way of hitting while hitting a plurality of game nails and windmills. When a game ball is dropped into each of the general winning port 72, the start port 62, and the big winning port 66, the winning ball corresponding to the type of the winning port is paid out to the upper ball plate 15 or the lower ball plate 16. A game ball dropped into each winning hole such as the general winning hole 72 is processed as a safe ball, and a game ball dropped into the out hole 58 is processed as an out ball. Each winning opening includes a gate type through which a game ball passes. In this application, “incoming”, “entering”, and “winning” include “passing”.

  When the game ball falls into the start port 62, the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 are variably displayed on the special symbol display device 61 and the effect display device 60. The variable display of the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 is stopped after the elapse of the display time determined prior to the display. When the special symbol 192 and the decorative symbol 190 at the time of the stop are symbols indicating a big hit, the game shifts to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, and the opening / closing operation of the big prize opening 66 is started. At this time, the decorative pattern 190 simulating the game of the slot machine takes a display mode in which the three patterns are matched. In the special game, the grand prize winning slot 66 is temporarily closed after being opened for about 30 seconds or after nine or more game balls are dropped. Such opening / closing of the big prize opening 66 is repeated a predetermined number of times, for example, 15 times.

  In the normal game after the end of the special game, a variable time shortening game (hereinafter referred to as “time reduction” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games is started. In the variation time shortening game, the variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is shortened from the normal time. The variation time of the special symbol and the decorative symbol is returned to the original variation time after the variation display of a predetermined variation number is performed. When a special game occurs and the winning stop pattern at that time is in a specific mode, a probability variation game (hereinafter referred to as “probability change” as appropriate) that is one of the specific games after the special game ends Be started. In the probability variation game, a lottery with a higher win probability than the normal probability state is performed, and a new special game is generated relatively early.

  FIG. 2 shows a basic structure on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine. The power switch 40 is a switch for turning on / off the power of the pachinko gaming machine 10. The main board 102 controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 and processes all game operations such as a lottery when a winning is made to the start port 62. The sub-board 104 includes a liquid crystal unit 42 and controls display contents on the effect display device 60, operations of the plurality of movable objects 140, and lighting of the game effect lamp 90. And the lighting of the movable accessory 140 and the game effect lamp 90 is activated along with the progress of the production. The main board 102 and the sub board 104 constitute a game control device 100. The set base 39 includes a prize ball tank 44, a flow path for prize balls, a payout unit 43 for delivering prize balls. The payout unit 43 pays out the game balls supplied from the winning ball tank 44 to the upper ball tray 15 in accordance with winning in each winning opening. The payout control board 45 controls the payout operation by the payout unit 43. The launching device 46 launches the stored balls in the upper ball tray 15 to the game area 52 one by one. The launch control board 47 controls the launch operation of the launch device 46. The power supply unit 48 supplies power to each part of the pachinko gaming machine 10.

  FIG. 3 shows functional blocks of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in this embodiment. In the pachinko gaming machine 10, the game control device 100 includes a start port 62, a big winning port 66, a general winning port 72, an operating port 68, a special symbol display device 61, an effect display device 60, a normal symbol display device 59, and operation buttons 82. The speaker 18, the game effect lamp 90, and the movable accessory 140 are electrically connected to each other, and can transmit and receive various control signals. The game control apparatus 100 controls not only the basic operation of the game but also the staging operations such as the symbol variation display, the movable accessory 140, and the electric decoration. The game control device 100 is configured in such a manner that functions are shared between a main board 102 that controls the overall operation of the pachinko gaming machine 10 including basic operations of the game, and a sub board 104 that controls design effects and the like. The game control device 100 is configured by hardware including elements such as a ROM and a RAM for storing data and programs, and a CPU used for arithmetic processing.

  In the present embodiment, the main board 102 is a ball determination unit 110, a winning / failing lottery unit 112, a symbol determination unit 114, a hold control unit 116, a main display control unit 118, a special game control unit 120, a specific game execution unit 122, and an opening / closing control. Means 124 are provided. The sub-board 104 in this embodiment includes a pattern storage unit 130, an effect image holding unit 131, an effect determining unit 132, an effect processing unit 133, a time measuring unit 135, and an accessory control unit 136. Each functional block included in the main board 102 may be configured such that any one of the functional blocks is mounted on the sub board 104 instead of the main board 102. Similarly, each functional block included in the sub-board 104 may be configured such that any one of them is mounted on the main board 102 instead of the sub-board 104.

  The entrance determination means 110 determines whether or not a game ball has entered each winning opening. When receiving the start winning information, the winning determination means 110 determines that the game ball has won the start opening 62, and when receiving the big winning opening winning information, determines that the game ball has won the big winning opening 66, and the general winning is obtained. When the information is received, it is determined that the game ball has won the general winning opening 72. When receiving the passage information, the ball entering determination unit 110 determines that the game ball has passed through the operation port 68.

  The success / failure lottery means 112 accepts a random number value to determine whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game when the game ball enters the start port 62. Get as a value. For example, the success / failure lottery value is acquired from a value range from “0” to “65535”. The “random number” in the present application may not be a mathematically generated random number, but may be a pseudo-random number generated by a hardware random number, a software random number, or the like. The success / failure lottery means 112 holds a plurality of success / failure tables to be referred to in the success / failure determination. In the plurality of success / failure tables, the determination result of winning or losing is associated with the winning / losing lottery value, and the success / failure probability is determined according to the associated winning range setting. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to a success / failure table for determination of success / failure based on a normal probability in normal times, and refers to a success / failure table in which the winning probability is higher than the normal probability when the probability changes. The success / failure lottery means 112 refers to any of the plurality of success / failure tables and determines whether or not the success / failure lottery value is a win. The determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 is variably displayed in a special symbol form on the special symbol display device 61. In addition, a decorative symbol that shows the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 in an effect manner is variably displayed on the effect display device 60.

  The symbol determination unit 114 determines the stop symbol and the variation pattern of the special symbol to be displayed on the special symbol display device 61 according to the lottery result by the success / failure lottery unit 112. Moreover, the symbol determination means 114 determines the stop symbol of the normal symbol displayed on the normal symbol display device 59 by lottery. The stop symbol is a symbol to be displayed at the end of symbol variation. The symbol determination means 114 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a special symbol or a normal symbol stop symbol, or a pattern determination table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The symbol determination means 114 acquires a symbol determination lottery value for determining a special symbol, and determines the stop symbol of the special symbol according to the determination result of the success / failure lottery means 112 and the symbol determination lottery value. The symbol determination unit 114 selects one of a plurality of variation patterns in accordance with the determination result of the success / failure lottery unit 112. The symbol determination unit 114 sends data indicating the determined stop symbol and variation pattern to the main display control unit 118 and the effect determination unit 132.

  The symbol determination means 114 stores a plurality of types of variation patterns in which variation modes from the variation start to the stop when the special symbol is variably displayed are defined. Multiple types of variation patterns have various variation times. That is, for each variation pattern, a variation display time is defined for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the variation of the special symbol is stopped when the variation display time elapses.

  The symbol determining means 114 acquires a lottery random number for determining a normal symbol when the game ball passes through the operation port 68, and determines a stop symbol of the normal symbol according to the lottery random number. When the stop symbol of the normal symbol is a specific symbol, the opening / closing control means 124 expands the normal electric accessory at the start port 62 for a predetermined time.

  The hold control means 116 holds the winning / losing lottery value acquired by the winning / failing lottery means 112 as a holding ball. The success / failure lottery value is accumulated until the number of holds reaches a predetermined upper limit. The upper limit of the number of holds is 4.

  The main display control means 118 causes the special symbol display device 61 to display the lottery result by the success / failure lottery means 112 as a special symbol variation display according to the variation pattern determined by the symbol determination unit 114. The main display control means 118 transmits the change start command and the change stop command to the effect display control means 134 at the timing of starting and stopping the change display of the special symbol, so that the main display control means 118 and the effect display are displayed. The fluctuation display by the control means 134 is synchronized and interlocked. The main display control means 118 displays the normal symbol variation on the normal symbol display device 59.

  The special game control means 120 controls the execution process of the special game when the result of the lottery determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is a win. The special game is a game in which the opening / closing operation of the special winning opening 66 is continuously continued a plurality of times, and is constituted by one or a plurality of unit games with one opening / closing as a unit. The unit game is repeated up to 15 times, for example, and the grand prize opening 66 is opened for about 30 seconds in one unit game. If the number of continuations of the unit game has not reached the upper limit number, the special game control means 120 starts the next unit game after the end of the current unit game. When the upper limit number of unit games is exhausted, the special game is terminated.

  The specific game execution means 122 executes control for shifting the game state from the normal state to the specific game state, and control for returning the specific game state to the normal state. The specific game in the present embodiment has a probability change in which the winning probability of the winning / failing lottery is switched from a normal probability state to a high probability state, and a short time in which the symbol variation time is switched from a normal time to a short time.

  The specific game executing means 122 shifts the gaming state after the special game to the probability changing state when the winning / failing lottery value is a value to be shifted to the probability changing state. The probability variation state is continued until the next jackpot is generated in principle, and during that time, the probability of the hit determination by the success / failure lottery means 112 is maintained at a high value. In addition, the specific game executing means 122 shifts the game state to the time-shortened state after the special game regardless of the winning lottery value. The short time is continued until the number of changes in the special symbol after the special game reaches a predetermined number, for example, 100 times.

  The opening / closing control means 124 controls the opening / closing of the ordinary electric accessory at the start opening 62 and the special winning opening 66. When the normal symbol is stopped at a specific symbol, the opening / closing control unit 124 sends an opening instruction to the ordinary electric accessory solenoid 76 to open the start port 62. Further, the opening / closing control means 124 sends an opening instruction to the special winning opening solenoid 80 during the special game, and opens the special winning opening 66.

  The pattern storage unit 130 holds a plurality of variation pattern data in which a variation process from variation start to stop in variation display is defined as a variation pattern of the effect image including the decorative design. In the fluctuation pattern, a pattern for displaying a normal out symbol, a pattern for displaying a symbol out of reach after reaching a big win if one more symbols are aligned, and a jackpot symbol through a reach state are displayed. When the pattern is included. In particular, the pattern that passes through the reach state includes patterns having various fluctuation times. In this embodiment, a single line reach in which a combination of symbols in a reach state is formed, a multi-line reach in which two or more combinations of symbols in a reach state are simultaneously formed, and a variable display time is lengthened. Super-reach that increases the reliability of jackpots by creating a story with a specific character is included. Each variation pattern has a variation time for each pattern as an end condition of the symbol variation, and the symbol variation is stopped when the variation time elapses. The effect determining means 132 selects the variation pattern of the effect image having the same variation time as that of the special symbol according to the variation pattern of the special symbol.

  The effect image holding means 131 holds data of effect moving images such as mission effects that are additionally accompanied by the decorative display variation display. The mission effect includes an end suggestion effect that suggests that the end is approaching. This end suggestion effect is a timed effect set in advance for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) in which the effect time can include a plurality of symbol variations. The effect image holding means 131 divides the series of effect videos by time so that the end suggestion effect can be restored even if it is interrupted by other preferential effects such as super reach (corresponding to “priority effect”). Hold multiple divided videos. Details of this divided moving image will be described later. The effect determining unit 132 determines to reproduce the effect movie when a predetermined criterion is satisfied.

  The effect determination means 132 determines the aspect of the effect that suggests the result of the lottery lottery upon entering the starting port 62. The effects determined by the effect determining means 132 include combinations of stop patterns of decorative symbols and their arrangement and variation patterns, mission effects, notice effects, driving of the movable accessory 140, lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and sound from the speaker 18. There are modes such as output. By effectively combining these effects, the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot is increased.

  The effect processing means 133 executes effects such as symbol variation, mission effect, notice effect, driving of the movable accessory 140, lighting of the game effect lamp 90, and sound output determined by the effect determining means 132. The effect processing unit 133 includes an effect display control unit 134 that causes the effect display device 60 to display the symbol variation of the decorative symbols, the mission effect, and the notice effect.

  The effect determining means 132 determines the combination of the stop symbols of the decorative symbols and their arrangement and variation pattern according to the result of the lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112, according to the special symbol stop symbol and the special symbol variation pattern. The effect determining unit 132 holds a symbol range table to be referred to in order to determine a stop symbol of a decorative symbol and a pattern table to be referred to in order to determine a variation pattern.

  The stop symbol of the decorative symbol is formed as a combination of three symbols. For example, when the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates a shift to a special game, three symbols such as “777” and “111” are arranged. A combination is selected. In this case, it is preferable that the same numbers as the special symbols are selected as the numbers arranged as the decorative symbols. For example, when the special symbol is “3”, the decorative symbol is “333”. In the case where the determination result by the success / failure lottery means 112 indicates that the game does not shift to the special game, a combination that does not have three symbols such as “312” and “946” is selected. However, if the determination result is that the game does not shift to a special game, and a variation pattern of a special symbol indicating a loss with reach is selected, only one such as “191” or “727” is selected. Select a combination that does not have the same pattern. The effect determining unit 132 sends information about the stop symbol of the decorative symbol and the variation pattern of the effect image to the effect display control unit 134. The effect display control means 134 variably displays effect images including decorative symbols on the effect display device 60 according to the selected variation pattern data as a result of the success / failure lottery by the success / failure lottery means 112.

  The effect determining unit 132 determines whether or not to display the mission effect according to a predetermined standard. The mission effect is an effect that presents to the player a command with the content that the effect should exhibit a specific mode by a specified time as a condition for winning or failing the lottery. In this embodiment, the command content is displayed as a jackpot condition that the reach of the decorative symbol appears in a specific manner, such as “Leach with 7 symbols!”. The effect determining means 132 determines whether or not to display the mission effect at random using a lottery with a predetermined probability. If the winning lottery is a win, the mission effect is displayed with a higher probability than usual. A decision to do so may be made.

  The effect display control means 134 causes the effect display device 60 to display the mission effect so as to accompany the variable display of the decorative symbol when the effect determining means 132 determines to display the mission effect. The mission effect in the present embodiment is managed by time, and is displayed for a preset time (for example, 3 minutes) when the predetermined standard is satisfied. Further, when the mission effect ends a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds before), an end suggestion effect that suggests that the mission effect is approaching to end is displayed. This end suggestion effect is ended when the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the effect.

  The time measuring means 135 includes a timer (not shown), and measures the time after the mission effect starts or after the end suggestion effect starts. This measurement time is used when calculating the remaining time when the end suggestion effect is temporarily interrupted and then returned.

  In accordance with the instruction received from the effect display control means 134, the accessory control means 136 causes the movable accessory 140 to act in an effect manner in accordance with the effect contents in the effect display device 60 and the blinking process of the game effect lamp 90.

  4-6 is explanatory drawing showing the example of a screen of the effect animation which can be displayed on an effect display apparatus at the end stage of a mission effect. This effect is an end suggestion effect that suggests that the end of the mission effect is approaching. In each figure, the appearance of the effects is shown in the order of (a) to (c). The mission effect includes an introduction effect performed at the start of the mission effect, a main effect following this, and the like, but only the end suggestion effect will be described here.

  When the end of the mission effect is approaching, a scene suggesting the end of the mission effect is displayed in the display area 200 of the effect display device 60. Here, the conversation is displayed together with the contents of the mission together with images of a plurality of characters appearing in the effect during the normal game. The content of the conversation is also output as sound through the speaker 18. In this end suggestion effect, the decorative symbol 190 is displayed in a slightly small and variable manner at the corner of the display area 200.

  The mission effect exemplified here is set in advance for 3 minutes, and when the mission effect ends 30 seconds before the end of the mission effect, the end suggestion effect shown in FIG. 4 is started. That is, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the character A speaks “Dr., it's bad,” it indicates the end of the mission effect. In response to this, character B, the doctor, responds, “I will reach with 7!” To hurry to achieve the missions that have been presented so far. On the other hand, in the scene of FIG. 4B, the character A asks “reach at 7?”, But the character B is gradually erased while pinching the voice “reach at 7 ...”. An effect display is made. Further, in the scene of FIG. 4C, an effect is performed in which the character B loses voice and the erasure proceeds. In this way, the disappearance of the character suggests that the mission effect is gradually approaching the end.

  When the effect further progresses and 15 seconds before the mission effect ends, an effect display in which the character A further disappears is made as shown in FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b). Then, when it is five seconds before the end of the mission effect, an effect display in which the character A almost disappears is made as shown in FIG. 5C, and the mission effect ends with the passage of time.

  On the other hand, in the middle of such an end suggestion effect, when a variation pattern with super reach is selected based on the lottery determination, the end suggestion effect is interrupted and switched to a reach effect with a predetermined story. That is, when super reach occurs during execution of the end suggestion effect, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, a lightning image is additionally displayed to suggest the development of the effect, and then, as shown in FIG. 6B. Switch to reach production. Then, as shown in FIG. 6 (c), the effect display of super reach is started.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating the data structure of the effect moving image displayed in the mission end suggestion effect. The data shown in the figure is held in the effect image holding means 131. That is, the effect movie that constitutes the end suggestion effect is configured by combining a plurality of divided movies divided in units of time. In the example shown in the figure, the entire moving image 210 of the effect moving image is composed of three divided moving images 212, 214, and 216. The divided moving image 212 includes the moving images illustrated in FIGS. 4A to 4C, the divided moving image 214 includes the moving images illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B, and the divided moving image 216 is illustrated in FIG. Consists of videos shown. These divided moving images are displayed by decoding data encoded according to the MPEG (Moving Picture Expert Group) standard. That is, the effect animation is composed of key frames that can be reproduced independently and difference frames that are reproduced based on the key frames. The key frame is a frame processed by so-called intra-frame coding and can be decoded by itself. On the other hand, the difference frame is a frame encoded by so-called inter-frame prediction using a key frame, and cannot be decoded without the key frame. That is, since the difference frame is composed of difference data from the key frame, the data capacity is considerably smaller than that of the key frame. Since such a moving image format is publicly known, detailed description thereof is omitted. In the figure, for the sake of convenience of explanation, the frames of each divided moving image are simply expressed. However, in practice, each divided moving image may be composed of more frames.

  Each divided moving image is formed so that reproduction starts from a key frame. The divided moving image 212 includes a key frame 212a and difference frames 212b and 212c, and is reproduced from the head key frame 212a. The difference frames 212b and 212c are reproduced based on the key frame 212a. The divided moving image 214 includes a key frame 214a and a difference frame 214b, and is reproduced from the top key frame 214a. Further, the divided moving image 216 includes a key frame 216a and is reproduced from the key frame 216a.

  With this configuration of the production video, in this embodiment, it is possible to reproduce each divided video from the beginning. When the entire production video is reproduced, the entire video 210, that is, the divided videos 212, 214, and 216 are reproduced. Data is sequentially selected and displayed. When the effect movie is reproduced from the middle, the data of the divided movies 214 and 216 are sequentially selected, or the divided movie 216 is selected and displayed.

  That is, the effect determining means 132 selects the divided video 212 when the mission effect ends 30 seconds, selects the divided video 214 when the mission effect ends 15 seconds, and selects the divided video 216 when the mission effect ends 5 seconds ago. select. As a result, the entire moving image 210 is reproduced when no interruption of another effect is entered during the end suggestion effect. On the other hand, when an effect with higher priority than the end suggestion effect such as the super reach described above (corresponding to “priority effect”) occurs in the middle, the priority effect is temporarily switched. In the case where the priority effect is ended and the end suggestion effect is returned again, the divided moving image corresponding to the remaining time of the end suggestion effect is reproduced. For example, if the remaining time at return is about 15 seconds, the divided moving image 214 is selected and played, and then the divided moving image 216 is played. If the remaining time is about 5 seconds, the divided moving image 216 is selected and reproduced.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a basic operation process in the pachinko gaming machine.
First, processing is performed when a game ball has won the start port 62, the general winning port 72, the big winning port 66, or when the game ball has passed through the operation port 68 (S10). (N in S12), control processing for normal games such as winning / failing lottery is executed (S14), and if a special game is in progress (Y in S12), control processing for special game is executed (S16), from S10 to S16 In step S18, prize ball payout corresponding to various winnings is processed.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing in detail the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. In the normal game control process, if the winning / losing lottery value is on hold (Y in S30) and the symbol variation is not being displayed (N in S32), the winning / losing lottery means 112 executes the determining process. At the same time (S34), mission effect processing is executed (S35). In addition, the main display control unit 118 starts the variable display according to the determination result, and transmits a variation start command to the effect display control unit 134. The effect display control unit 134 that receives the command displays the effect according to the change pattern data. Image variation display is started (S36). If the winning or failing lottery value is not held in S30 (N in S30), the processing from S32 to S36 is skipped, and if the symbol variation is being displayed in S32 (Y in S32), S34 and S36 Is skipped. Subsequently, if the symbol variation display has already been started (Y in S38), symbol variation display processing is executed (S40). When the symbol display stop timing is reached (Y in S41), the symbol variation being displayed is stopped (S43). At this time, if the result of the winning / losing lottery is a big hit (Y in S45), the process shifts to a special game (S47). On the other hand, when the symbol variation display is not started in S38 (N in S38), the processing from S40 to S47 is skipped. If the symbol display stop timing has not been reached in S41 (N in S41), the processing from S43 to S47 is skipped. If the result of the lottery determination is not a big hit in S45 (N in S45), the process in S47 is skipped.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. First, the success / failure lottery means 112 reads the success / failure lottery value (S42), and determines the success / failure based on the success / failure lottery value (S44). The symbol determining means 114 determines a stop symbol of the special symbol based on the determination result (S46), and selects a variation pattern of the special symbol (S48). When the mission effect is being performed (Y in S49) and the determination result is a big hit (Y in S50), the effect determining unit 132 selects a stop symbol and a variation pattern in which the mission effect command content is achieved. (S51). When the mission effect is not being performed (N in S49) or not a big hit (N in S50), the effect determining unit 132 determines the stop symbol combination of the decorative symbols based on the determination result and the special symbol (S52). ), The decorative pattern variation pattern is selected according to the special symbol variation pattern (S53).

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing in detail the process of S35 in FIG.
When the mission effect is not being performed (N in S54), the effect determining unit 132 determines whether or not the mission effect should be started (S56). If the start of the mission effect is determined (Y in S58), the command content of the mission effect is determined (S60), and the mission effect is started (S61). The time measuring means 135 turns on a timer (not shown) together with the start of the mission effect and measures the elapsed time from the start of the mission effect (S62). When it is determined that the mission effect is not started (N in S58), the processing from S60 to S62 is skipped. If the mission effect is being performed in S54 (Y in S54), the mission timed effect process is executed (S64).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing in detail the process of S64 in FIG.
When the predetermined time before the end of the mission is entered (Y in S112), the effect determining means 132 determines whether or not the end suggesting effect has already been started (S114). As described above, in this embodiment, the mission effect production time and the end suggestion production time are set. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the effect time of the entire mission effect is set to 3 minutes, and the effect time of the end suggestion effect is set to the last 30 seconds. For this reason, based on the timing information of the timer turned on in S62, it is determined whether or not 2 minutes and 30 seconds have elapsed from the start of the mission effect and the effect period of the end suggestion effect has been reached.

  If the end suggestion effect of the mission effect has not been started (N in S114), the end suggestion effect is started (S116). That is, the effect determining means 132 selects the data of the divided moving image 212 shown in FIG. 7 and starts reproducing it. On the other hand, if the end suggestion effect has already been started (Y in S114), it is subsequently determined whether or not a preferential effect such as super reach has been started (S120). Although the preferential effect has not been started (N in S120), when the preferential effect is started in the middle of the end suggestion effect (Y in S122), the end suggestion effect is temporarily interrupted (S124). At this time, the screen of the effect display device 60 is switched to the screen of the priority effect. If the priority effect has already started in S120 (Y in S120), the processes in S122 and S124 are skipped.

  If it is the end time of the priority effect started during the end suggestion effect (Y of S126), the effect determination means 132 calculates the remaining time of the end suggestion effect (S128), and displays the return effect corresponding to the remaining time. Select (S130) and start this (S132). This remaining effect time is calculated based on the timer timing information described above. If the remaining time is about 15 seconds, the divided moving image 214 in FIG. 7 is selected and reproduced, and then the divided moving image 216 is reproduced. If the remaining time is about 5 seconds, the divided moving image 216 is selected and reproduced. The player can grasp that the mission effect is nearing the end by viewing the end suggestion effect after the return. In S112, if the predetermined time before the mission effect has not been reached (N in S112), the priority effect is not started in S122 (N in S122), or the priority effect is not ended in S126 (N in S126) Also terminates the process.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing in detail S16 in FIG. First, if the big prize opening 66 has not been opened (N in S70), the production display control means 134 starts the special game production process (S72), and the open / close control means 124 opens the special prize opening 66 (S74). ). If the big winning opening 66 has been opened, S72 and S74 are skipped (Y in S70). When the predetermined opening time has elapsed since the grand prize opening 66 was opened (Y in S76), or the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76), there are nine or more game balls to the big winning opening 66 When the player has entered the ball (Y in S78), the opening / closing control means 124 closes the special winning opening 66 (S80). If the opening time has not elapsed (N in S76) and the number of balls entered into the grand prize winning opening 66 has not reached nine or more (N in S78), the processing after S80 is skipped and the flow of S16 Exit.

  If the number of rounds of the unit game has reached 15 after closing the special winning opening 66 in S80 (Y in S82), the effect display control means 134 ends the effect processing of the special game (S84), and the special game control means 120 ends the special game (S86). If the number of rounds has not reached 15 (N in S82), 1 is added to the number of rounds and the flow of S16 is terminated (S90).

  As described above, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment, since the divided video that constitutes the effect video of the mission end suggesting effect is prepared in advance, it is easy to reproduce the effect video from the middle. . As a result, even when returning to the end suggestion effect after shifting to the priority effect, the effect video can be smoothly displayed from the scene corresponding to the remaining time, and this is ended at the determined effect time. be able to.

  In the above, this invention was demonstrated based on the Example. This embodiment is merely an example, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications can be made to the combination of each component and each processing process, and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention. is there.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the effect moving image of the end suggestion effect is divided in advance and the entire moving image is configured by a combination of a plurality of divided moving images is shown. In the modified example, the effect moving image may be divided at a later time and the divided moving images may be made independent. Specifically, the moving images to be reproduced are individually displayed, such as the whole moving image including the divided moving images 212, 214, and 216, the moving image including the divided moving images 214 and 216, and the moving image including the divided moving images 216 shown in FIG. And when returning to the timed effect, a moving image having a reproduction time corresponding to the remaining time may be selected.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that when returning from the priority effect to the end suggestion effect, a divided video corresponding to the remaining time of the end suggestion effect is selected. Such a configuration is particularly effective when the effect moving image is subdivided by time and includes a large number of divided moving images, or when the effect time of the end suggestion effect can be adjusted later. However, if the playback time of the segmented video is limited, but the limit of the production time of the end suggestion effect is severe, it is necessary to supplement the difference between the remaining time when returning to the end suggestion effect and the playback time of the segmented video. is there.

  Therefore, a plurality of digest images having different playback times may be provided for each of the divided moving images. The digest image may be a movie or a still image as long as it can convey to the player the outline of the content to be played before each divided movie. When the digest image is composed of moving images, a plurality of moving images obtained by extracting the production contents before the corresponding divided moving images at predetermined time intervals may be prepared. The reproduction time of each digest image is set to be considerably shorter than each divided moving image. The time interval and the extraction time may be appropriately set to such an extent that the player can easily understand the end suggestion effect story through an experiment or the like. If the playback time of each video to be extracted as a digest image is set short and the number is increased, a digest image with an appropriate playback time is constructed by extracting and combining several of the videos afterwards. You can also. Further, when the digest image is composed of still images, a plurality of still images obtained by extracting the production contents before the corresponding divided moving image at predetermined time intervals may be prepared. By adjusting the number of still images to be extracted and the playback time (display time), a digest image with an appropriate playback time can be configured. Or you may make it display the outline of production | presentation by sentences etc. as a digest image. In that case, it is only necessary to adjust the display time, and a digest image with an appropriate reproduction time (display time) can be easily displayed.

  In this embodiment, since the mission effect is also configured as a timed effect in which the effect time is set, the remaining time of the end suggestion effect is calculated based on the elapsed time from the start of the mission effect. In the modification, the remaining time may be calculated based on the elapsed time from the start of the end suggestion effect. In that case, the time measuring means 135 turns on the timer at the start of the end suggestion effect and measures the elapsed time from the start of the effect.

  In this embodiment, an example of the mission effect is shown, but a plurality of types of mission effects may be set to be selectable. In that case, the production time of each mission effect may be set to be different, or the production time of the end suggestion effect may be set to be different. In the present embodiment, an example in which three divided moving images are set is shown in FIG. 7, but it goes without saying that more divided moving images may be held. Furthermore, although each divided moving image is based on the MPEG standard, the standard itself is not limited to this. The present invention can effectively exhibit the effect as long as it is an effect video composed of each divided video that is difficult to reproduce from the middle.

  In the present embodiment, the end suggestion effect is taken as an example of the time effect, but considering that the mission effect itself is a time effect, the effect effect animation may be composed of a plurality of divided videos. And when returning again after priority production | generation occurs during mission production, you may make it perform the same process. Or you may perform the same process about timed effects other than a mission effect, for example, when performing an end suggestion effect in time reduction, for example. The priority production is not limited to the reach production such as super reach. A similar effect can be obtained as long as the effect is displayed on the screen with priority over the timed effect being executed and covers the timed effect.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the ball game machine of the present invention is configured as a conventional type 1 pachinko game machine is shown, but a game capable of executing a plurality of functions of the first type pachinko game machine in series or in parallel. You may comprise as other game machines including the function of 1st type pachinko game machines, such as a machine.

It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the front side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the basic structure in the back side of a pachinko game machine. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the pachinko game machine in an Example. It is explanatory drawing showing the example of a screen of the effect animation which can be displayed on an effect display apparatus in the final stage of a mission effect. It is explanatory drawing showing the example of a screen of the effect animation which can be displayed on an effect display apparatus in the final stage of a mission effect. It is explanatory drawing showing the example of a screen of the effect animation which can be displayed on an effect display apparatus in the final stage of a mission effect. It is a figure showing typically the data structure of the effect animation displayed in the end suggestion effect of a mission. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement process in a pachinko game machine. It is a flowchart which shows the normal game control process of S14 in FIG. 8 in detail. 10 is a flowchart showing in detail the success / failure determination process of S34 in FIG. 9. It is a flowchart which shows the process of S35 in FIG. 9 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows the process of S64 in FIG. 11 in detail. It is a flowchart which shows S16 in FIG. 8 in detail.

Explanation of symbols

  1 Pachinko machine, 50 game board, 52 game area, 60 production display device, 61 special symbol display device, 62 start opening, 66 large winning opening, 68 operation opening, 72 general winning opening, 100 gaming control device, 102 main board 104 Sub-board, 112 Win / fail lottery means, 114 Symbol determination means, 118 Main display control means, 120 Special game control means, 122 Specific game execution means, 130 Pattern storage means, 131 Effect image holding means, 132 Effect determination means, 133 Effect processing means, 134 Effect display control means, 135 Timekeeping means, 190 Decoration symbol, 192 Special symbol, 200 Display area, 210 Whole animation, 212 Divided animation, 212a Key frame, 212b Difference frame, 214 Divided animation, 214a Over frame, 214b difference frame, 216 divided moving, 216a key frame.

Claims (5)

A game board in which a game area is formed;
A start winning opening provided at a predetermined position in the game area, and a game ball entering is a lottery opportunity;
Triggering lottery means for determining whether or not to shift to a special game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game, triggered by entering the starting winning opening,
A symbol display device in which a symbol for indicating the result of the winning / failing lottery is variably displayed;
A symbol determining means for determining a stop mode of the symbol indicating the result of the success / failure lottery;
Display control means for variably displaying the symbol on the symbol display device;
Special game control for executing the special game when the winning lottery results in the transition to the special game and the symbol change display is stopped in a predetermined stop mode indicating that the winning lottery is winning. Means,
Whether to display the timed effect which is the effect that is displayed for a predetermined period of time and is likely to extend over a plurality of symbol variations, while determining the aspect of the effect that suggests the result of the success / failure lottery upon entering the starting prize opening Production determining means for determining whether or not on a predetermined basis;
An effect image holding means for holding a series of effect videos displayed over the predetermined time as the timed effect, and holding a divided movie obtained by dividing the effect movie by time,
An effect processing means for executing the effect determined by the effect determining means and displaying the time-limited effect when a decision to display the time-limited effect is made;
When the design variation accompanied by the preferential effect displayed preferentially during the display of the timed effect is displayed, the effect determining means displays a divided video corresponding to the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of the pattern variation. A ball game machine characterized by selection. The effect image holding means holds a plurality of divided videos obtained by dividing the effect video at different times,
The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the effect determining means selects a divided moving image whose reproduction time is close to the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of the symbol variation. The effect image holding means holds, for each divided video, a digest image that displays an outline of the contents of the effect produced before each divided video in the effect video in a shorter time than the divided video,
The effect determining means selects a divided video whose reproduction time is shorter than the remaining time of the timed effect after the end of the symbol variation, and a digest image corresponding to the divided video,
The ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein the effect processing means displays the selected digest image and the divided moving image. The effect image holding means holds digest images of a plurality of different playback times for each of the divided videos.
The said effect determination means selects the digest image corresponding to the time difference of the remaining time of the said timed effect after the end of the symbol variation, and the reproduction time of the selected divided video. A ball game machine. The production video consists of key frames that can be played independently, and difference frames that are played based on the key frames,
The ball game machine according to claim 2, wherein each divided moving image is formed so that reproduction starts from a key frame.

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