JP4865369B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine in which, for example, a lottery is performed when a game ball wins at a start opening, and a large number of game balls can be acquired according to the lottery result.

  Conventionally, full-screen pachinko machines equipped with a large display have been proposed. This full-display pachinko machine is a game in which a game board is progressing because the members constituting the game board are transparent, and a display device having substantially the same external shape as the game board is provided on the back side of the transparent game board. From the viewpoint of the player, the entire game board becomes a display screen, and the pachinko balls fall while rebounding to a plurality of game nails and windmills so as to overlap with the display screen.

  In a pachinko machine equipped with such a large display, the scale of effect display is expanded, and a further effect can be expected.

  On the other hand, since almost the entire surface of the game board is an image display area, the player may not be able to grasp what effect is being performed in which area.

  In particular, by displaying the image on the image display device so that the character image moves along the nail position provided on the game board, the character image can be seen as if it is moving like a game ball, In an effect of projecting an image that performs an operation associated with a windmill or a rail, the effect image is displayed in only a part of the large display area, and the player may not notice the effect.

Thus, recently, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, it has been proposed to display a frame line or an arrow toward an effect image of a character or the like to be noticed by the player so as to attract the player.
JP 2004-337396 A

  However, in the above-mentioned patent document, since the arrow is displayed in a state where the character has already appeared, there is a problem that the arrow is obstructive for the player.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and enhances the effect of image display by notifying the player of the point of interest of the effect from a wide range of image display areas without interfering with the effect. It is an object to provide a gaming machine that can.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is provided with a plurality of game board components that restrict and guide the flow-down direction of game balls mainly in a game area on the surface side facing a player, and has a light with a predetermined transmittance. A game board formed of a transparent material, an image display device having a display area disposed on the back side of the game board at a predetermined interval and including an area corresponding to the game area of the game board; and the image when executing an effect of displaying the annunciation image on the display device in the game area, before the display effect in the game area of the notification image is started, the game area outside the display area of the image display device Display control means for displaying an emphasized image indicating the display position of the notification image displayed on standby .

According to the present invention , when performing an effect of displaying a notification image on a display area of an image display device disposed on the back side of a game board formed of a light-transmitting material having a predetermined transparency, the notification image Since the highlighted image indicating the display position of the notification image is displayed before the display, the player is notified of the attention point of the effect from the wide image display area, and the effect of the image display is enhanced. be able to.

  That is, since the emphasized image is displayed at the display position of the notification image before the notification image is displayed, it is predicted that the effect of displaying the notification image is executed, and the player grasps the area to be noticed in advance. be able to. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the player from overlooking the production, and the production effect is enhanced.

  The game board components include a game nail, a passing gate, a stage, a winning opening, a guide rail, and the like.

Further, the present invention mainly restricts and guides a discharge port for discharging a game ball toward a game region on the surface side facing the player, and a flow-down direction of the game ball discharged from the discharge port to the game region. A plurality of game board components are provided, and are arranged at a predetermined interval on the back side of the game board, which is formed of a light-transmitting material having a predetermined permeability, and is provided in the game area of the game board. When executing an effect of displaying a specific notification image on the image display device and a display region including a corresponding region, the notification image is displayed in a display area outside the game area of the image display device. Display control means for displaying an emphasized image for indicating the display position of the notification image under a predetermined condition such as before the start of the display effect displayed on standby .

According to the present invention , when performing an effect of displaying a specific notification image in the display area of the image display device disposed on the back side of the game board formed of a light-transmitting material having a predetermined transmittance, Since the emphasized image for indicating the display position of the notification image is displayed under a predetermined condition such as before the start of the display effect of the notification image, the attention point of the effect is selected from a wide image display area. The player can be notified and the effect of the image display can be enhanced.

Also, highlighted image is characterized by displaying to point to the display position of the notification image displayed in the display area outside the game area.

By indicating the display position of the notification image displayed in the display area outside the game area with the display by the emphasized image, the notice point of the effect is notified to the player from the wider image display area, and the image display The production effect can be enhanced.

Also, broadcast knowledge image is characterized in that it is displayed in the display region corresponding to the outlet.

By pointing the display position of the notification image displayed in the display area corresponding to the discharge port, which is one of the display areas outside the game area, with a highlighted image, the start of the effect such as the discharge port is made inconspicuous Since the displayed notification image can be displayed as an emphasized image, it is possible to notify the player of the point of interest of the effect from a wider image display area, thereby enhancing the effect of the image display. it can.
Also, before Symbol display control means, in the display area of the image display device, the facing positions at each game board arrangement and Menho line provided on the game board, the shadow image of the respective game board arrangement It is characterized by displaying each.

In the display area of the image display device arranged on the back side of the transparent game board, a shadow image of the game board composition is displayed at a position facing each game board composition provided on the game board on the surface normal. Therefore, the correspondence relationship between the position of the game board component and the display position of the notification image and the emphasized image becomes clear.

  The surface normal is a vector perpendicular to the surface. In claim 1, the surface normal is used as a vector perpendicular to the game board surface at the position where the game board component is disposed.

In addition, prior Symbol notification image is characterized in that the game balls along a shaded image of the game board composition is a pseudo ball image moving to flow down.

The pseudo sphere image that moves so that the game ball falls along the shaded image of the game board composition is almost the same size as the game ball, and in this way you can not notice unless you watch carefully In practice, the present invention is particularly effective.

The present invention is a pre-Symbol pseudo sphere image can be said game ball image.

  As described above, according to the present invention, there is an excellent effect that the effect of the image display can be enhanced by notifying the player of the attention point of the effect from the wide image display area.

(Configuration of pachinko machine)
As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 includes a rectangular outer frame 12 that constitutes the outline of the pachinko machine 10 and is installed in the island facility of the hall. A rectangular frame-shaped inner frame 14 is arranged on the front surface of the outer frame 12, and the inner frame 14 can be opened and closed with a left end portion pivotally supported by a pair of hinge portions 16, 18 provided on the outer frame 12. Is attached. A lower decoration 20 serving as a decorative panel is attached to the lower front portion of the outer frame 12.

  A glass frame 26 having a glass frame 24 fitted with a glass plate 22 in a window portion 25 is disposed on the front upper portion of the inner frame 14, and the left end of the glass frame 26 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 to open and close. It is attached as possible. Further, the glass plate 22 mounted on the glass frame 24 has a double structure composed of a pair of glass plates arranged in parallel with each other at a predetermined interval in the depth direction of the paper surface of FIG. A rectangular opening 28 is provided in the upper part of the inner frame 14 on the back side of the glass frame 26. An exchangeable game board 100 (see FIG. 2) is set in the opening 28. The game board 100 is configured such that the glass frame 26 (glass plate 22) is closed with the glass frame 26 closed to the inner frame 14. It is supposed to be covered with.

  On the front surface of the glass frame 26, an indicator lamp 142 for lighting effects that is turned on, off, and flashing according to the progress of the game to produce an effect effect by lighting is arranged so as to surround the glass plate 22, and further, the upper left corner In addition, an error indicator lamp 144 for notifying various errors such as a prize ball payout error and a payout state error is disposed in the upper right corner. In addition, speakers 146L and 146R for outputting game sound effects in stereo are arranged inside each error indicator lamp 144.

  An integrated dish 30 serving as a hitting ball supply dish having functions of a general upper dish and lower dish is disposed at the lower front portion of the inner frame 14. The integrated dish 30 is attached so that the left end of the panel member 32 is pivotally supported by the inner frame 14 and can be opened and closed, and a ball dish part 34 for storing game balls is formed on the front surface of the panel member 32. A ball tray main body 36 is projected.

  Although illustration is omitted, the bottom surface of the ball tray portion 34 is inclined in both directions, one of which is arranged on the front side from the left side to the right side in the front view of FIG. 1, and the other is from the right side to the left side. The slopes are arranged on the back side, and both slopes are smoothly and continuously formed on the right side when viewed from the front.

  The front side tilt accepts a cash game ball lending machine (not shown) provided between the gaming machines from the front side of the ball tray 34, and guides it to roll to the right side, while the back side tilt is a ball. A game ball received in the tray 34, a prize ball, which will be described later, or a rental ball via a card-type lending machine, is received from the ball discharge port 46 and rolled and guided from the right side to the left side.

  This back side inclination is formed so that the width dimension is gradually narrowed along the inclination, whereby a ball feeding device (not shown) in which the game balls in the ball tray portion 34 are arranged on the back surface of the panel member 32. ) Are sent in a line.

  A ball discharge port 46 through which a prize ball discharged from a payout device (not shown) provided in the pachinko machine 10 is discharged is formed on the upper right side of the front surface of the panel member 32. The prize balls discharged from the ball outlet 46 are stored in the ball tray 34, flow down to the left in the ball tray 34, are aligned in a line by the alignment passage, and are sent to the ball feeder.

  Further, an ashtray 38 is provided at the lower left portion on the front surface of the panel member 32, and a firing handle 39 for adjusting the firing force (flying distance) of the hit ball is attached to the lower right portion.

(Game board configuration)
FIG. 2 shows a game board 100 according to the present embodiment.

  In the game board 100, a transparent flat synthetic resin material is applied as a substrate (hereinafter referred to as the transparent game board 100).

  The surface of the transparent gaming board 100 is a board surface 100A, and an arc-shaped outer rail 102, a backflow prevention valve 103, and an inner rail 104 are attached near the outer peripheral end of the board surface 100A. A circular region surrounded by the outer rail 102, the backflow prevention valve 103 and the inner rail 104 is fired from a launching device (not shown) and jumps out of the discharge port 105 partitioned by the backflow prevention valve 103. The played game ball PB can be moved by its own weight drop, and this area is a game area 101 in which a game is played.

  On the back side of the transparent gaming board 100, a large-sized liquid crystal display device 200 having a display surface facing at least substantially the entire gaming area 101 is disposed. That is, the game area 101 is the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200, and almost the entire field of view of the player is covered.

  In the game area 101, a passing gate (through chucker) 118 is arranged on the left side of FIG. In addition, a special symbol start winning opening (start chucker) 108 is disposed at the bottom of FIG. 2, and further below the special symbol starting winning opening 108, it is located near the lower end of the game area 101. Thus, an attacker 112 is arranged.

  The attacker 112 is provided with an opening / closing door 116, which opens or closes when the opening / closing door 116 is opened or closed. When the open / close door 116 is opened, the game ball dropped on the open / close door 116 is guided by the open / close door 116 and wins the attacker 112.

  Further, the game area 101 is provided with a windmill 122 and a number of game nails 123 (see FIG. 4) for guiding a game ball that falls by itself in the game area 101 to a predetermined route.

  Further, below the center of the transparent gaming board 100, a stage 124 is provided in which a path for the game ball PB is provided in the back side passage and the front side passage of the transparent gaming board 100. The game ball PB is a windmill 122. It is guided on the stage 124 by the game nail 123 or the like. The game ball PB guided on the stage 124 can easily win the special symbol start winning opening 108.

  In addition, an out port 124 through which the dislodged ball is discharged to the back side of the transparent game board 100 is provided at the lowest position of the transparent game board 100.

(Control system configuration)
Next, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the control system of the pachinko machine 10 according to the present embodiment is configured around a main control unit 150. The main control unit 150 stores a basic program relating to games, and the operation of each unit is controlled based on a command signal from the main control unit 150.

  The main control unit 150 detects a start winning sensor 180 that detects a winning ball to the special symbol starting winning opening 108, a passing gate winning sensor 184 that detects a winning ball to the passing gate 118, and a winning ball to the attacker 112. Each of the big winning sensors 186 is connected, and each of these sensors outputs a detection signal to the main control unit 150 when a winning ball is detected. If necessary, if there is a V zone in the attacker 112 that triggers a round of jackpot processing, a V zone sensor 228 that detects that the V zone has been passed is arranged. Established.

  Furthermore, a solenoid 175 and a holding lamp 176 that open / close the opening / closing door 116 of the attacker 112 are connected to the main control unit 150.

  Further, when the game ball PB wins the special symbol start winning opening 108, the main control unit 150 performs a lottery (hereinafter referred to as “special symbol lottery”) of special symbol win / loss by detecting this with the start winning sensor 180. When the result of the special drawing lottery is a win (big hit), the main control unit 150 controls the game state so as to shift from the normal game state to the special game state. As for the jackpot, there are cases where a normal hit and a probability change mode in which the next hit probability is increased after the end of the special gaming state, or a time reduction mode in which the symbol variation pattern time is shortened may be added.

  Also, information (start winning signal, jackpot signal, symbol determination number signal) indicating the progress of the game is transmitted from the main control unit 150 to the hall computer via the board external terminal 190.

  Furthermore, an effect control unit 152 and a payout control unit 154 are connected to the main control unit 150, and these control units are controlled by command transmission from the main control unit 150.

  The effect control unit 152 is connected to the liquid crystal display device 200 via the symbol control unit 156. In addition, the effect control unit 152 is a light-emitting element 126 for lighting effects provided in various game parts of the transparent gaming board 100, a display lamp 142 for lighting effects and an error indicator lamp provided in the glass frame 26. The lighting, extinguishing and blinking of 144 are controlled, and further, the outputs of sound effects and the like are controlled by operating the speakers 146L and 146R provided on the front surface of the glass frame 26.

  On the liquid crystal display device 200 controlled by the effect control unit 152, an effect image of the symbol variation pattern for informing the result of the special symbol lottery is displayed, and BGM at the time of the symbol variation pattern effect is displayed from the speakers 146L and 146R. Is output. Thereby, the player can enjoy the production | presentation by the design symbol corresponding to the result of special drawing lottery through vision and hearing. The content displayed by the hold lamp 176 may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200.

  There are two types of symbol variation patterns: special symbol variation patterns and production symbol variation patterns, both of which notify the result of special symbol lottery, but the special symbol variation pattern performs a predetermined variation and stop and special symbol lottery While the result of the form is officially notified after a lapse of a predetermined time, the directing pattern variation pattern takes effect into the process of notifying the result of the special drawing lottery, and makes it awkward whether it is a hit or miss. However, it is of the nature to notify.

  Here, when the result of the special drawing lottery becomes “big hit” and the fact is notified by the symbol variation pattern effect on the liquid crystal display device 200 and the BGM output from the speakers 146L and 146R, the big hit processing in the special gaming state is completed. Executed.

  In this jackpot process, the attacker 112 opens a predetermined number of times (rounds), and the opening time of one round is about 30 seconds, and a maximum of 10 gaming balls PB can be won during this time. That is, when either one of 30 seconds which is a time limit or 10 which is a number limit is satisfied first, the round is ended and the next round is started.

  For this reason, in the special gaming state, more winnings are expected in a shorter period than in the normal gaming state, and a gaming state advantageous to the player can be achieved.

  In addition, as described above, in the liquid crystal display device 200, when a special symbol start winning port 108 is newly won during execution of the symbol variation pattern effect, and when a special symbol start winning port 108 is won during the jackpot process, The number of lighting of the holding lamp 176 increases to a maximum of four according to the number of winnings.

  On the other hand, when the previous symbol variation pattern effect ends or the jackpot process ends, the liquid crystal display device 200 starts a new symbol variation pattern effect to notify the reserved special symbol lottery result. Along with this, one hold lamp 176 is extinguished, and the player is informed of the digestion of the hold.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 is connected to the payout device 160 and the launch control unit 164, and the launch control unit 164 is connected to the launch device 40. The payout control unit 154 operates the payout device 160 provided in the pachinko machine 10 to control the payout and lending ball payout and stop operations and the number of payouts. Further, the launch control unit 164 activates the launch device 40 by operating the launch handle 39 (see FIG. 1) by the player to start launching the game ball PB and launch force according to the operation amount of the launch handle 39. To control.

  Further, the payout control unit 154 transmits payout information to the hall computer installed in the hall via the frame external terminal 191.

  By the way, in the pachinko machine 100 according to the present embodiment, a reduced character image or an image of the game ball PB is displayed at a position corresponding to the arrangement position of the nail 123 or the stage 124 provided on the transparent game board 100. By displaying it as the pseudo game ball 302, an effect that makes it appear as if the pseudo game ball 302 is rolling between the nails 123 or on the stage 124 is executed.

  However, as shown in FIG. 4, the passage of the game ball PB of the stage 124 is provided between the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200, so that the transparent game board 100 and the liquid crystal display device 200 are connected to each other. It is difficult to place them close to each other.

  For this reason, when the effect of displaying the pseudo game ball 302 as described above is executed, the nails on the transparent game board 100 can be confirmed when viewed from the front, so that it is possible to grasp the pseudo game ball 302, but the gaming machine 10 , The overlapping positions of the liquid crystal display device 200 and the nail 123, the stage 124, etc. on the transparent game board 100 appear to be shifted, and the pseudo game ball 302 displayed on the liquid crystal display device 200 is simply It only appears to float in the background image.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, in the display area of the liquid crystal display device 200, the outer rail 102, the backflow prevention valve 103, the inner rail 104, and the passing gate 118 provided on the transparent game board 100. By displaying the shadow image S of the game board components such as the windmill 122, the nail 123 and the stage 124 at positions facing the respective game board components as indicated by a two-dot chain line 250 in FIG. Even when viewed from an oblique direction, it is possible to grasp that the effect is using the pseudo game ball 302. That is, by displaying the shadow image S of each game board component provided on the transparent game board 100, the correspondence between the game board composition on the transparent game board 100 and the display area becomes clear.

  Note that the image related to the game board component displayed in the display area of the liquid crystal display device 200 is not necessarily a shadow image as described above, and may be an image such as a nail itself.

  In addition, the simulated game ball 302 stands by at the discharge port 105 that is outside the game area 101 at the start of the production, and is smaller than the area of the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200. Since it is smaller than the size of the symbol 210 displayed as “”, an effect using the pseudo game ball 302 may be overlooked. In the present embodiment, since most of the game area 101 is the display area 201, there is a possibility that the presence of the pseudo game ball 302 may not be noticed.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when an effect using the simulated game ball 302 is executed, an arrow-shaped enhanced image 304 for emphasizing and pointing a portion where the simulated game ball 302 is displayed is displayed in the game area 101. pseudo before the display effect of the game ball 302 is started, and displayed to the pseudo game ball 302 that is displayed in front of the outlet 105, notification to the effect that any effect image is displayed on the site at To do.

  As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, the emphasized image 304 is an arrow of a prominent color that is larger than the game ball PB and different from the surrounding images. The emphasized image 304 is not limited to an arrow, and a balloon or a human hand can be applied.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

  In the game using the pachinko machine 10, when the player operates the launch handle 39, the game balls stored in the ball tray portion 34 of the integrated dish 30 are supplied to the launch device 40 one by one by the ball feeding device. Is fired upward. The launched game ball PB is driven into the game area 101 of the transparent game board 100 along the outer rail 102 and falls in the game area 101 while changing the direction by hitting the game nail. Then, the game ball that has reached the lower end of the game area 101 without winning a prize is collected into the pachinko machine 10 from the out port 124.

  When the game ball PB wins the special symbol start winning slot 108, a special symbol winning / losing lottery process is executed, and the lottery result is obtained in two areas in the lower part of the liquid crystal display device 200. The special symbol is changed in a predetermined pattern, and the special symbol is displayed by a combination of stop symbols that have passed through the changed pattern. Further, along with this display, in almost the entire area of the liquid crystal display device 200, the effect design fluctuates in a predetermined pattern and is stopped and displayed through the variation pattern. In the production image of this production pattern variation pattern, for example, a number of patterns that take various productions and tastes into consideration are prepared, such as display of a winning design after reach, display of a missed design, or display of a missed design without reach. The player receives these effects and observes the lottery result of the special symbol with expectation.

  Here, when the notification of the result of the special drawing lottery is finished, in the case of a big win, a big hit process which is a special gaming state is executed.

  The jackpot process is opened by the attacker 112 for a predetermined number of times (rounds) for a predetermined time. In general, the opening time of one round is about 30 seconds, and during this period, up to 10 game balls are won, or 30 seconds have passed, either of which is satisfied first, the round ends and the next round Migrate to Since this is continued for about 15 rounds, in the special game state, more wins are expected in a shorter period than in the normal game state, and a game state advantageous to the player can be achieved.

  In the present embodiment, apart from the control according to the basic game specifications as described above, the effect control unit 152 executes an effect by displaying the pseudo game ball 302 as an effect according to the progress of the game.

  For this reason, the effect control unit 152 converts the image of the shadow image S of the game board component generated in advance according to the position of the game board component arranged on the transparent game board 100 into the background image and the effect image. It is displayed in the foreground.

  Further, the effect control unit 152 immediately displays an enhanced image 304 indicating the position where the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed in order to notify that the effect using the pseudo game ball 302 is to be executed before displaying the pseudo game ball 302. indicate. The emphasized image 304 is displayed until the pseudo game ball 302 is displayed.

  It is also effective to further display an image indicating a message such as “Look at here!” In the vicinity of the display position of the emphasized image 304.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a plurality of game board components that restrict and guide the flow direction of the game ball PB are provided mainly in the game area 101 on the surface side facing the player, A liquid crystal display device 200 that is arranged at a predetermined interval on the back side of the transparent gaming board 100 made of a light-transmitting material having a transmittance and uses a display area 201 as an area corresponding to the gaming area 101 of the transparent gaming board 100. In the display area 201, when performing an effect of displaying the pseudo game ball 302 on the liquid crystal display device 200, the pseudo game is executed under a predetermined condition such as before the display of the pseudo game ball 302 or before the display effect is started. An emphasized image 304 indicating the display position of the sphere 302 is displayed.

  That is, since the emphasized image 304 is displayed at the display position of the pseudo game ball 302 under a predetermined condition such as before the display of the pseudo game ball 302 or before the start of the display effect, the effect of displaying the pseudo game ball is executed. Therefore, the player can grasp in advance the area to be noted. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the player from overlooking the production, and the production effect is enhanced.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in the display area 201 of the liquid crystal display device 200, the shadow of each game board component is located at a position facing each game board component provided in the transparent game board 100 on the surface normal. Since the images S are respectively displayed, the correspondence relationship between the positions of the game board components and the display positions of the pseudo game ball 302 and the emphasized image 304 becomes clear.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the pseudo game ball 302 moves so that the game ball PB flows down along the shaded image of the game board component, so there is a possibility that it will not be noticed unless it is watched with particular care. In particular, the advance notice and display of the shadow image S by displaying the emphasized image 304 are particularly effective.

  In the present embodiment, the simulated game ball 302 is an image in which a character appearing in the effect of the gaming machine is reduced, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an image of the game ball PB.

  Further, when the execution of the effect using the pseudo game ball 302 is notified by displaying the emphasized image 304, sound reproduction using a speaker, notification by a lighting state of a lamp, or the like may be appropriately combined.

  It should be noted that the configuration of the gaming machine 10 according to the present embodiment (see FIGS. 1 to 4) and the effect image (see FIG. 5) are merely examples, and it goes without saying that they can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Yes.

It is a front view which shows the pachinko machine concerning an embodiment. It is a front view which shows the transparent game board which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control system of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 2 which shows the positional relationship of the glass plate, transparent game board, and liquid crystal display device which comprise the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display state of the liquid crystal display device at the time of the production | presentation execution using the pseudo | simulation game ball which concerns on embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

PB Game Ball 10 Pachinko Machine 100 Transparent Game Board (Game Board)
101 gaming area 152 effect control unit (display control means)
200 Liquid crystal display device (image display device)
S shadow image 302 pseudo game sphere (notification image, pseudo sphere image)
304 Enhanced image

Claims (7)

A plurality of game board components for limiting and guiding the flow direction of the game ball mainly in the game area on the surface side facing the player, a game board formed of a light-transmitting material having a predetermined transmittance;
An image display device having a display area disposed on the back side of the game board at a predetermined interval and including an area corresponding to the game area of the game board;
When executing an effect of displaying the annunciation image on the image display device in the game area, before the display effect in the game area of the notification image is started, the display of the external game area of the image display device Display control means for displaying an emphasized image indicating the display position of the notification image displayed in a standby state in the area ;
A gaming machine equipped with. A plurality of game board components for restricting and guiding the discharge direction of the game ball discharged from the discharge port to the game area and a discharge port for discharging the game ball toward the game area on the surface side mainly facing the player A game board formed of a light transmissive material having a predetermined transmittance,
An image display device having a display area disposed on the back side of the game board at a predetermined interval and including an area corresponding to the game area of the game board;
When performing an effect of displaying a specific notification image on the image display device, the notification image is displayed on standby in a display area outside the game area of the image display device, such as before the start of a display effect. Display control means for displaying an emphasized image for indicating the display position of the notification image under the conditions of
A gaming machine equipped with. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the emphasized image is displayed so as to indicate a display position of the notification image displayed in a display area outside the gaming area. The notification image, game machine according to any one of Claims 1 to 3 you characterized by being displayed in the display area corresponding to the outlet.   The display control means displays a shadow image of each game board component at a position facing each game board component provided on the game board on the surface normal in the display area of the image display device. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:   The said notification image is a pseudo sphere image which moves so that the said game ball may flow down along the shadow image of the said game board structure, The any one of Claim 1 thru | or 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Gaming machine.   The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein the pseudo sphere image is an image of the gaming sphere.

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