JP5105579B2 - Slot machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine in which an effect in which a character moves along a route is displayed.

  Some conventional gaming machines perform a game imitating the Sugoroku game. In this game machine, the specific station where the train is to be stopped next is not determined, but the lottery process determines only the maximum number of stations (number of frames) at which the train can be moved to the next stop station. It was. For this reason, when the train passes through one of the stations until the maximum number of stations is reached, it is determined whether or not the maximum number of stations has been reached. The process of moving again is performed. As described above, the conventional gaming machine repeatedly performs the determination process of whether or not the train has been reached and the determination process of the moving direction of the train for each station until the maximum number of stations that the train can travel is reached. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

In addition, some conventional slot machines perform a game imitating a six sext game as an effect on the display device. In this conventional slot machine, the number of characters that can move in a six game is determined by a simple lottery process (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-144603 A JP 2001-314559 A

  The gaming machine that performs the game imitating the above-described Sugoroku game repeatedly performs the process of determining whether or not the maximum number of stations has been reached and the process of determining the moving direction of the train. Since judgment processing is required, it is not possible to immediately move to a station to be stopped, and there are cases where it is difficult to produce an effect of moving the train smoothly.

  In addition, in a slot machine that plays a game imitating a six sex game as an effect on the display device, depending on the number determined in the lottery process, the progress and result of the slot game may be greatly affected.

  Further, in the conventional slot machine, since the movement of the character is determined by a simple lottery process, it cannot be related to the progress or result of the slot game, and the production effect is poor.

  Furthermore, as described above, when the movement of the character is determined by a simple lottery process, the character does not travel toward the destination and can reach the destination even if the game is played for a long time. It was not possible to make the player feel frustrated and tired, and it was difficult to fully entertain the player.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the object of the present invention is to smoothly advance a game imitating a six sex game and to influence the result of the six sex game on a slot game. In addition, it is possible to perform effects related to the progress of the slot game, enhance the effect of the effect in relation to the progress and result of the slot game, and to make the slot machine that makes it difficult for the player to feel frustrated and tired It is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, when a character does not reach the end point within a predetermined period after starting from the start point, the end point is a plurality of stop points. A different stop point is the new end point.

Specifically, the slot machine according to the present invention is:
A slot machine having a plurality of rotatable reels with a plurality of symbols and a unit game in which a single process is performed until the processing based on the fact that the plurality of reels are stopped,
A role lottery means for performing a lottery process of a role used in the unit game;
Game control means for controlling the progress of the unit game based on the lottery result of the role lottery means;
An effect means for informing information relating to the unit game, wherein an effect means for displaying an image of the character and an image of the moving path of the character,
Effect control means for controlling the effect of the character moving on the moving path, and
The travel path is
A plurality of stop points indicating points where the character can stop when the character travels along the travel path;
A unit path connecting the stop points adjacent to each other, and a path along which the character moves.
The production is
One stop point of the plurality of stop points is set as a starting point for the movement of the character,
Another stop point different from the one stop point among the plurality of stop points is set as an end point of the movement of the character,
Among the plurality of stop points, a stop point at which the character is currently stopped is a current stop point,
When the unit game is performed once and one selected stop point among the plurality of stop points is determined as a selected stop point, a travel route connecting the current stop point and the selected stop point And the character moves from the current stop point to the selection stop point along the movement path consisting of the unit path and stops at the selection stop point, and
When the unit game is performed a plurality of times, the character sequentially moves from the starting point to the ending point along the moving path through at least one of the selection stop points,
When the character does not reach the end point within a predetermined period after starting from the start point, the effect control means newly sets a stop point different from the end point among the plurality of stop points. Including an end point changing means as a final end point,
The effect is characterized in that the character moves sequentially from the current stop point to the new end point.

  The slot machine according to the present invention has a reel. This reel can be rotated or stopped based on the player's operation. For example, there is one in which a start signal is issued from the operation means when the player operates the operation means. It is preferable to control the reel to rotate based on the detection of the start signal. The control in this case is performed by the reel rotation control means. In some cases, a stop signal is issued from the operation means when the player operates the operation means. It is preferable to control the reel to stop based on the detection of the stop signal. The control in this case is performed by the reel stop control means.

  Each reel has a plurality of symbols. When the reels are stopped, it is determined whether or not a predetermined combination is won according to the type of the symbols displayed in a stopped manner. If a prize is won, processing corresponding to the combination is performed. Thus, when the reel stops, processing based on the fact that the reel has stopped is performed. In the slot machine, a unit game is performed with a single process from the start of the reel rotation until the end of the process.

  The slot machine according to the present invention includes game control means, role lottery means, effect means, and effect control means.

  The game control means controls the progress of the unit game described above. A unit game is played in a certain game state. The gaming state is composed of a plurality of gaming states in which the benefits given to the player can be different. The game control means determines one game state from the plurality of game states, and controls so that the unit game is advanced in the one game state.

  The plurality of game states include, for example, a general game state and a special game state. This special game state is a game state that can be more advantageous to the player than the general game state.

  The role lottery means performs a lottery process for a role used in a unit game. A plurality of types of roles are determined in advance. At least one type of combination is determined by the combination lottery process of the combination lottery means. Specifically, the types of winning combinations drawn by the winning combination lottery process include, for example, types such as a small role, a replaying role, and a special role.

  The small role is a role for paying out a predetermined number of game media. Examples of the game medium include medals. The re-game is a role that allows a re-game to be played while keeping the number of bets in the unit game that is currently being played, and without making a bet on a further predetermined number of game media.

  The special role is a role that shifts from the general gaming state to the special gaming state. The special gaming state is a gaming state in which the possibility of acquiring more game media than the number of game media that can be acquired in the general gaming state is high, and is a gaming state that is advantageous to the player. The special combination is, for example, a single bonus (hereinafter referred to as an SB combination), a regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as an RB combination), or a first type big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a first type BB combination). ), A challenge bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a CB combination), and a second type big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as a second type BB combination).

  The SB combination is a combination for shifting the game state of the unit game to a single bonus game state (ordinary character) (hereinafter referred to as SB game state). The RB combination is a combination for shifting the game state of the unit game to a regular bonus game state (first type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as an RB game state). The first type BB combination is a combination for shifting to a first type big bonus game state (a combination continuous action device related to a first type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as a first type BB game state). . The CB combination is a combination for shifting the gaming state of the unit game to the challenge bonus gaming state (second type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as CB gaming state). In the second type BB combination, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the second type big bonus gaming state (a combination continuous action device related to the second type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as a second type BB gaming state). It is a role to make it.

  In the effect means, an effect for notifying information on the unit game is performed. The content notified by the production may be anything related to the progress and result of the unit game. The notification by this effect does not need to clearly indicate information related to the progress and result of the unit game, and includes information that can be suggested or implied in some manner. For the effect performed by the effect means, an image of the character and an image of the moving path of the character are displayed. The moving path of the character is a path along which the character can travel.

  The effect control means controls the effect of the aspect in which the character proceeds on the moving path described above. In this specification, “going forward” includes moving the character and stopping when the character reaches a target point. In other words, “advance” includes two actions: a moving action in which the character moves, and a stopping action that stops the moving action and stops there when the character reaches a target point.

  The moving path includes a plurality of stop points and unit paths. The plurality of stop points are points indicating points where the character can stop when traveling along the moving path. The character can stop only at the stop point, and does not stop at a position where no stop point exists. That is, the character does not stop in the middle of a unit path, which will be described later, or at a position where no unit path or stop point exists. As will be described later, the character may pass through the stop point instead of stopping at every stop point.

  The unit path connects adjacent stop points. This unit path is a path through which the character can move. That is, when the character moves, the unit path is moved, and the part where the unit path does not exist is not moved.

  The plurality of stop points described above may include at least one connection point to which at least three unit paths are connected. In the present specification, in order to simplify the expression, even a connection point may be simply referred to as a stop point.

  For example, a connection point to which three unit paths are connected is a so-called trident, a connection point to which four unit paths are connected is a so-called four-fork, and a connection point to which five unit paths are connected is a so-called It is a fork. The number of unit paths connected to the connection point may be at least three. In addition, the angle formed by the unit paths connected to the connection point can be arbitrarily determined. Further, the length of each unit path connected to the connection point can be arbitrarily determined. By providing this connection point, a plurality of character movement paths can be provided.

  As described above, since the connection point is a stop point to which at least three unit paths are connected, the stop point includes a normal stop point other than the connection point. Two unit paths are connected to a normal stop point. An angle formed by these two unit paths can be arbitrarily determined. In addition, the length of each of these two unit paths can be arbitrarily determined.

  The effect described above is that the character starts from the starting point and reaches the end point. The starting point is one of a plurality of stopping points, and is a stopping point at which the character is located at the beginning of the production. The end point is one stop point among a plurality of stop points and a stop point different from the start point. The end point is a stop point located at the end of the production, and is a stop point where the character is finally located.

  As a rule, the character does not reach the end point from the starting point immediately. That is, during the period from the starting point to the end point, the character moves to another stop point different from the start point and the end point, temporarily stops at the stop point, and further separates from the stop point. The operation of moving to the stop point and temporarily stopping at the stop point is repeated. Of the plurality of stop points described above, the stop point at which the character is currently stopped is set as the current stop point. The currently stopped stop point is a stop point at which the character is stopped when the unit game is started.

  The movement of the character and the temporary stop are associated with the progress of the unit game. When the unit game is played once, the character moves from the current stop point to the selected stop point, and temporarily stops at the selected stop point. The selected stop point is one stop point selected from the plurality of stop points. That is, when a unit game is played once, first, one stop point is selected from a plurality of stop points, a selected stop point is selected, and the selected stop point is moved from the current stop point to the selected stop point. Stop temporarily at the point.

  If the selected stop point determined in the unit game is a stop point adjacent to the current stop point in the current unit game (the first stop point), it is between the current stop point and the selected stop point. If there is no stop point but it is the second or later stop point of the current stop point in this unit game, at least one or more between the current stop point and the selected stop point There is a stopping point.

  Further, as described above, the unit route is a route connecting adjacent stop points. Therefore, if the stop point adjacent to the current stop point (the first stop point) is the selected stop point, as described above, there is no stop point, so the current stop point and the selected stop point are The moving route to be connected is only one unit route. On the other hand, if the second and subsequent stop points of the current stop point are selected stop points, at least one stop point exists between the current stop point and the selected stop point. The movement path connecting the current stop point and the selected stop point is composed of at least two or more unit paths.

  When the character moves from the current stop point to the selected stop point, the character moves along the movement path. This moving route is composed of unit routes and connects the current stop point and the selected stop point. For example, when there are three stop points, that is, a current stop point, one predetermined stop point, and a selected stop point, the current stop point and the predetermined stop point are adjacent to each other, and the predetermined stop point and the selected stop point are Assume that the adjacent stop point and the selected stop point are not adjacent. In this case, a first unit path exists between the current stop point and the predetermined stop point, and a second unit path also exists between the predetermined stop point and the selected stop point. There is no unit path between the current stop point and the selected stop point. Therefore, the character cannot immediately move from the current stop point to the selected stop point.

  In the case of the example described above, the movement route is composed of a first unit route and a second unit route. Therefore, when the character moves from the current stop point to the selected stop point, first, the character moves from the current stop point toward the predetermined stop point along the first unit path and stops at the predetermined stop point. Instead, the vehicle passes through a predetermined stop point, moves from the predetermined stop point toward the selected stop point along the second unit path, and stops at the selected stop point.

  In addition, “when the unit game is performed once and one selected stop point among the plurality of stop points is determined as the selected stop point” means that the unit game is performed. This means that there may be other effects different from the movement of the character, and the effect that the character moves is not always performed every time the unit game is performed. Only when “determined as the selection stop point”, the effect of moving the character is performed.

  Since the character reaches one selection stop point in response to the unit game being played once, the character passes through at least one selection stop point in response to the unit game being played a plurality of times. . For example, in response to the first unit game being performed, the robot moves from the current stop point to the selected stop point selected in the unit game and stops. The selection stop point at this time is defined as a first selection stop point. In the next unit game to be performed, the first selected stop point is set as the current stop point, and the selected stop point selected in the unit game is moved from the current stop point to stop. The selection stop point at this time is set as the second selection stop point. Furthermore, when a unit game is performed, the second selected stop point is set as the current stop point, and the selected stop point selected in the unit game is moved from the current stop point to stop. In this way, in response to one unit game being played once, one selection stop point will be passed, and in response to a unit game being played multiple times, the number of selection stops for that number of times. Go through the point. In this way, the unit game is performed a plurality of times, so that the character can move sequentially and can start from the starting point and reach the ending point.

  The effect control means described above includes an end point changing means. The end point changing means sets a stop point different from the currently determined end point as a new end point when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition is that the character does not reach the end point within a predetermined period after starting from the currently determined starting point. That is, the end point changing means determines a new end point when the character starts from the start point and does not reach the end point within a predetermined period.

  As described above, when the end point changing means determines a new end point, the effect is that the character sequentially moves from the current stop point to the new end point.

  As described above, after starting from the starting point, if the end point is not reached within a predetermined period, a new end point is determined, so that the player can advance the game with a new feeling. It is possible to entertain the game for a long time without causing the player to feel frustrated or tired.

The slot machine according to the present invention is
It is preferable that the predetermined period is a period determined according to the number of times that the unit game has been performed or the number of times that the effect has been performed.

  When the predetermined period described above is determined according to the number of times a unit game is played, for example, the slot machine is divided into a main control means for controlling the unit game and a sub-control means for controlling the production. In this case, the number of times that the unit game has been performed can be counted by transmitting information about the start of the unit game and information on the number of times that the unit game has been performed from the main control means to the sub-control means. . In addition, when a predetermined period is determined according to the number of times the performance is performed, the number of times may be counted every time the performance is performed. By doing in this way, a process can be made easy and simple.

  Here, the case where the unit game determines the predetermined period according to the number of effects is shown, but the predetermined period may be determined according to the time indicated by the timer value by starting a timer or the like. .

Furthermore, the slot machine according to the present invention is:
A probability table storage means for storing a plurality of probability tables for determining the winning probability of the combination;
Setting value setting means for setting a setting value for setting a probability table used when performing the lottery process of the combination from the plurality of probability tables,
More preferably, the end point changing means determines the new end point based on the set value.

  The slot machine according to the present invention further includes a probability table storage means and a set value setting means.

  A plurality of probability tables are stored in the probability table storage means. The plurality of probability tables are used when the above-mentioned combination lottery means performs a lottery process, and is for determining the winning probability of the combination determined by the lottery process.

  The set value setting means is used to select one of a plurality of probability tables. This one selected probability table is used when a lottery process for a combination is performed. This set value setting means is preferably one that can be operated by a person other than the player, such as an administrator of the slot machine. One set value is determined by operating the set value setting means. For example, when the set value is large, a probability table that is easy to win a role such as a special role is selected, and when the set value is small, a probability table that is difficult to win a role such as a special role is selected.

  The end point changing means described above determines a new end point based on the set value set by the set value setting means. For example, when the set value is large, a new end point is determined from a stop point close to the current end point, and when the set value is small, a new end point is determined from a stop point far from the current end point. In this way, when a stop point close to the current end point is determined as the end point, it is possible to notify the player that the set value is large, and there is a stop point far from the current end point. When the end point is determined, the player can be notified that the set value is small. Thus, it is good also as a structure which determines the perspective of a new end point according to a setting value.

Furthermore, the slot machine according to the present invention is:
Whether the termination point changing means sets a new termination point that is different from the termination point among the plurality of termination points when the distance from the current termination point to the termination point is within a predetermined distance. What determines whether or not is preferable.

  That is, the end point changing means only needs to determine whether or not to set a new end point when the distance from the current stop point to the end point is within a predetermined distance. It does not have to be. By doing in this way, when the end point is approached to some extent, the end point may be changed, and the interest of the production can be enhanced.

The slot machine according to the present invention is
It is preferable that the effect control means performs an effect of moving the character to the end point when the lottery result of the role lottery means has won a predetermined role.

  On the other hand, the effect control means performs an effect that does not move the character to the end point when the predetermined combination is not won. By doing in this way, it is possible to notify the player that the character has won the predetermined role by performing the effect that the character reaches the end point, and by performing the effect that the character does not reach the end point, The player can be informed that he is not elected to the role.

  The game imitating the Sugoroku game can proceed smoothly, and the effects related to the progress of the slot game can be performed without affecting the result of the Sugoroku game on the slot game. It is possible to provide a slot machine that can enhance the production effect in association with the game machine, and that makes it difficult for the player to feel frustrated or tired.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<< Configuration of Slot Machine 10 >>
FIG. 1 is a front view showing the front surface of the slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the slot machine 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 10 includes a box-shaped base portion 20 and a front door 40. The front door 40 is pivotally supported on the left side portion of the base portion 20 and is provided to be openable and closable on the front side of the base portion 20. FIG. 1 shows a state where the front door 40 is closed with respect to the base portion 20, and FIG. 2 shows a state where the front door 40 is opened approximately 180 degrees with respect to the base portion 20.

<Front side of front door 40>
The front door 40 is attached to the base unit 20 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the front surface of the base unit 20 when closed. As shown in FIG. 1, a member related to operation and a member related to display are mainly provided on the front surface of the front door 40. A control circuit board is mainly provided on the back surface of the front door 40.

<Operational parts>
As shown in FIG. 1, an operation panel 41 extending in the horizontal direction is provided at the approximate center of the front side (player side) of the front door 40. On the front side of the operation panel 41, a start switch 42 and three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are provided. On the upper surface side of the operation panel 41, a 1-bet switch 62, a 2-bet switch 64, a maximum bet switch 66, and a medal slot 46 are provided. A receiving tray 48 for receiving medals paid out based on the result of the unit game is also provided at the lower portion of the front door 40. In the present specification, a game whose progress is determined by a display mode of symbols attached to three reels to be described later is referred to as a unit game. This unit game will be described in detail later.

  The start switch 42 and the three stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c are switches that are operated by the player to advance the unit game. When the player operates the start switch 42, rotation of three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R, which will be described later, is started. Further, when the player operates the three stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c, the reels 30L to 30R corresponding to the operated stop switches are stopped.

  The functions of the 1 bet switch 62, the 2 bet switch 64, and the maximum bet switch 66 will be described later.

<Reel display window 51 and reels 30L, 30C, 30R>
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a front frame 50 is formed on the front door 40. A reel display window 51 is formed at a substantially central portion of the front frame 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the three reels 30 </ b> L to 30 </ b> R are rotatably accommodated in the reel unit 28. The reel unit 28 has a front surface 29 open, and the player can visually recognize the type of symbols located on the front surface 29 of the reel unit 28, as will be described later. The reel unit 28 is supported by a support plate 26 fixed to the base portion 20. When the front door 40 is closed, the reel display window 51 is positioned in front of the front surface 29 of the reel unit 28. The reel display window 51 is covered with a transparent member, and when the front door 40 is closed, the player can select the types of symbols drawn on the three reels 30L to 30R via the reel display window 51. It can be visually recognized.

  A plurality of types of symbols are attached to each of the three reels 30L to 30R. The types of symbols can be identified by the player, for example, the number “Red 7” or the fruit “Cherry”. As will be described later, when the three reels 30L to 30R are stopped, nine symbols are stopped and displayed in the reel display window 51 so as to be visible.

<Reels 30L, 30C, 30R and stop switches 44a, 44b, 44c>
The left reel 30L corresponds to the left stop switch 44a. When the player operates the left stop switch 44a, the left reel 30L stops. The middle reel 30C corresponds to the center stop switch 44b. When the player operates the center stop switch 44b, the middle reel 30C stops. The right reel 30R corresponds to the right stop switch 44c. When the player operates the right stop switch 44c, the right reel 30R stops.

<Reel display window 51 and winning lines L1 to L5>
As described above, the reel display window 51 is covered with a transparent member. As shown in FIG. 1, five winning lines L <b> 1 to L <b> 5 are drawn on the reel display window 51. By doing in this way, the player can visually recognize the type of symbol through the reel display window 51 and can also visually recognize the five winning lines L1 to L5 on the reel display window 51. .

  The winning line L1 is a middle straight line extending in the horizontal direction, the winning line L2 is an upper straight line extending in the horizontal direction, and the winning line L3 is a lower straight line extending in the horizontal direction. The winning line L4 is a straight line extending from the upper left to the lower right, and the winning line L5 is a straight line extending from the lower left to the upper right. In this specification, the position of the winning line L1 may be referred to as a middle stage, the position of the winning line L2 may be referred to as an upper stage, and the position of the winning line L3 may be referred to as a lower stage.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, the five winning lines L1 to L5 are shown on the reel display window 51. However, if the winning line is clear to the player, the reel display window The winning line may not be drawn on 51.

<Bet switches 62, 64 and 66 and winning lines L1 to L5>
When a predetermined number or more medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot 46 of the operation panel 41 described above, the number of medals inserted by a medal counter (not shown) is counted, and the number is stored as the number of credits. The 1-bet switch 62 described above is a switch for setting one medal out of the stored credits to be a game bet. Further, the 2-bet switch 64 is a switch for targeting two medals out of the number of credits for game betting, and the maximum bet switch 66 is a game betting for three medals out of the credit number. It is a switch for making it an object of.

  As described above, the five pay lines L1 to L5 are drawn on the reel display window 51. When the player operates the 1-bet switch 62, one of the five pay lines, for example, the pay line L1 is activated. When the 2-bet switch 64 is operated, three of the five pay lines, for example, the pay lines L1, L2, and L3 are activated. When the maximum bet switch 66 is operated, all five pay lines, that is, L1, L2, L3, L4 and L5 are activated. Thus, the three bet switches 62, 64 and 66 function as game medium number setting means for determining the number of medals to be a game bet and validating the pay lines L1 to L5.

<Effective line>
As described above, the three bet switches 62, 64, and 66 function as a game medium number setting unit that activates the pay lines L1 to L5 when operated by the player. When the player operates the 1 bet switch 62, the pay line L1 is activated, when the 2 bet switch 64 is operated, the pay lines L1, L2, and L3 are activated, and when the maximum bet switch 66 is operated, All of the pay lines L1 to L5 are activated. As described above, the activated winning line is referred to as an activated line.

  The arrangement of symbols stopped on the active line is a target for determining whether or not a prize has been won. For example, when the arrangement of “red 7”-“red 7”-“red 7” is aligned on the above-described active line L1, it is determined that the winning combination of big bonus has been won. The type of combination will be described later. Further, when the arrangement of symbols that do not constitute a combination on the active line L1 stops, it is determined that no winning has been won. On the other hand, even if it is a winning line, when the winning line is not activated, the line of “red 7”-“red 7”-“red 7” is aligned on the winning line. However, the winning line is not subject to the determination as to whether or not the winning line has been won.

<Image display device 34>
An image display device 34 is provided on the upper portion of the front door 40. An effect image is displayed on the image display device 34. The effect image is an image that is displayed as the game progresses, and is mainly an image that includes various types of information related to the game. For example, in one unit game, lottery processing is performed by the role lottery means 120 described later. An effect image that suggests the lottery result is displayed on the image display device 34 based on the lottery result of the lottery process.

  A unit game played in the slot machine 10 is a game in which a single-stroke game can be repeated. This single-stroke game is called a unit game. The unit game will be described in detail later.

  There are two types of effect images displayed on the image display device 34: one that displays various types of information in the form of characters, and the other that displays in the form of drawings other than characters. The information displayed in the form of characters is mainly used to make a player visually recognize various information directly. In this case, a symbol that visually represents a word as a means for transmitting human intention and emotion, such as a numerical value, alphabet, hiragana, katakana, and kanji, is used as the character. Further, the information displayed in the form of a drawing is mainly used for indirectly making a player visually recognize various kinds of information. In this case, an image of a character indicating a creature such as a person or an animal, a pseudo life form such as a robot, or an image indicating other machinery, a building, a landscape, or the like is included.

  In the present embodiment, as will be described later, there are a plurality of types of effects performed by the image display device 34, and there are a train movement game, a continuous effect, and other effects. The continuous effects include table tennis battle effects, shooting effects, and other continuous effects. The continuous performance is selected according to the result of the train movement game after the train movement game is performed.

<Speaker 36>
As shown in FIG. 1, the speakers 36 are provided on both the left and right sides of the image display device 34 described above. The speaker 36 produces a voice effect as the game progresses. When a predetermined condition is satisfied in a sub-control board 52 described later, a sound corresponding to the condition is emitted from the speaker 36. For example, based on the lottery result of the lottery process performed by the role lottery means 120 described later, sound effects, music, etc. suggesting the lottery result are emitted from the speaker 36.

<Lamp 38>
The lamp 38 is provided in the upper part of the front door 40, as shown in FIG. The lamp 38 produces a light effect as the game progresses. When a predetermined condition is satisfied in a sub-control board 52 to be described later, the lamp 38 is turned on or blinked according to the condition. For example, based on the lottery result of the lottery process performed by the role lottery means 120 described later, the lamp 38 is lit in a predetermined color or a predetermined pattern according to the type of the role so as to suggest the lottery result. Or blink.

  In addition, the effect by light includes not only the lamp 38 described above but also a back lamp (not shown) arranged inside the three reels 30L, 30C, 30R.

<Base part 20>
The base body portion 20 shown in FIG. 2 is assembled with wood or the like, and is formed in a box shape with an open front surface. A power supply unit 22 for supplying power to various devices mounted on the slot machine 10 and a medal payout device 24 including a hopper for storing medals are provided in the lower portion inside the base body portion 20. A support plate 26 is provided above the power supply unit 22 and the medal payout device 24. The support plate 26 supports a reel unit 28 that rotatably accommodates the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. Furthermore, a main control board 32 that controls the game played in the slot machine 10 as a whole is provided in the upper part inside the base body 20.

<Setting switch 27>
A setting switch 27 is disposed on the back surface of the front door 40. The setting switch 27 is a switch operated by a person such as an administrator of the slot machine 10. A setting value for setting a lottery probability table used when performing a role lottery process by the role lottery means 120 described later is set by an operation by an administrator or the like.

  In order to set or change the set value, by operating another switch provided in the slot machine 10, the input from the setting switch 27 is accepted. A person such as an administrator sets the desired setting value by pushing the setting switch 27 at least once. For example, when the set value is 1 to 6, every time the setting switch 27 is pressed, “1” → “2” → “3” → “4” → “5” → “6” → “ It is preferable that the set value changes by 1 as in “1” →. In order to confirm the set value and store the set value, other switches provided in the slot machine 10 are operated. The determined set value is stored in a set value storage unit 160 described later.

<Main control board 32>
The main control board 32 is a control board for controlling the start and stop of the rotation of the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R and for controlling the entire game such as the progress of the game performed in the slot machine 10.

  The main control board 32 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown) that performs arithmetic operations, a ROM (Read Only Memory) (not shown) that stores a game program, and a RAM that temporarily stores each data. (Random access memory) (not shown).

  For example, the ROM stores a program for executing a flowchart shown in FIG. The RAM also stores variable values used in this program. These CPU, ROM, and RAM are electrically connected by an input / output bus so that data signals and address signals can be input / output.

  The main control board 32 is electrically connected to the bet switches 62, 64 and 66 described above. When the player operates the bet switches 62, 64 and 66, a bet instruction signal is issued from each of the bet switches 62, 64 and 66 to the main control board 32.

  Further, the main control board 32 is electrically connected to the above-described start switch 42 and the three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c. When the player operates the start switch 42 or the three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c, an operation signal is issued from the start switch 42 or the three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c to the main control board 32. When a signal is issued from the start switch 42 to the main control board 32, the main control board 32 controls the rotation of the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R. When a signal is issued to the main control board 32 from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c, the main control board 32 stops the reel corresponding to the operated stop switch among the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R. Take control.

<Sub control board 52>
As shown in FIG. 2, the sub control board 52 is disposed on the upper part of the back surface of the front door 40. The sub-control board 52 is a board that mainly controls effects during the game. For example, control is performed such that an effect image is displayed on the image display device 34, a sound effect or music is emitted from the speaker 36, and the lamp 38 is turned on or blinked. The sub-control board 52 includes a CPU (not shown) that performs calculations, a ROM (not shown) that stores effect programs and effect data, and a RAM (not shown) that temporarily stores each data. Including.

  For example, the ROM stores an effect control program for controlling the effects shown in FIGS. 5 to 17 and FIG. 26, and image data and audio data for effects. The RAM also stores variable values used in the above-described effect control program. These CPU, ROM, and RAM are electrically connected by an input / output bus so that data signals and address signals can be input / output.

  The sub control board 52 is electrically connected to the main control board 32 by a harness (not shown). The main control board 32 transmits commands, information, and the like to the sub control board 52. The above-described main control board 32 controls the entire game in an integrated manner, while the sub control board 52 belongs to a lower level of the main control board 32 and is based on commands, information, etc. sent from the main control board 32. To control the entire production.

<Unit game in slot machine 10>
When the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R are stopped, symbols are positioned on the pay lines L1 to L5. The unit game in the slot machine 10 is a game in which the game result is determined by the arrangement of symbols positioned on the activated pay line. For this reason, the player visually recognizes the symbols on the rotating reels 30L, 30C and 30R, and determines that the sequence of symbols constituting the predetermined combination is optimal on the activated pay line. At this timing, the three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are operated to stop the reels 30L, 30C or 30R.

  As will be described later, a plurality of types of roles are determined in advance. At least one type of combination is determined by the combination lottery process of the combination lottery means 120 described later. The determination of at least one type of combination is referred to as “winning”. In addition, depending on the combination lottery process, there is a case where any type of combination is not determined, and this case is referred to as “out”.

  The unit game played in the slot machine 10 is a game in which a single-stroke game can be repeated. This single-stroke game is called a unit game. The unit game starts when the player operates the start switch 42 and ends when the three stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c are operated. From the player's point of view, the unit game is performed until the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R all stop after the start switch 42 is operated and the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R start to rotate. A single-stroke game. As described above, the unit game is started every time the player operates the start switch 42. In the present specification, when expressed as a unit game, there are a case where a unit game is repeated and a case where one unit game is meant.

  As described above, the unit game is started based on the player operating the start switch 42. More specifically, at the time of starting the unit game, when the player operates the start switch 42, a start signal is generated from the start switch 42, and the start signal generated from the start switch 42 is transmitted to the main control board 32. It is preferable to detect when. Further, the start time of the unit game may be a time when it can be visually recognized that the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R start to rotate.

  Further, as described above, the unit game is ended by operating the three stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c. More specifically, at the end of the unit game, the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped by operating the three stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c by the player, and the main control board 32 It is preferable that the end process such as a winning process is finished. The end point of the unit game may be when the main control board 32 detects that the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped. Furthermore, the end point of the unit game may be a time when it can be visually confirmed that the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped.

  The types of the above-described combinations include, for example, small combinations, replay combinations, special combinations, and the like.

  The small role is a role for paying out a predetermined number of medals. There are several types of small roles. In many cases, the small role is used as the name of the role using the types of symbols given to the three reels 30L, 30C, or 30R. For example, the types of symbols include “watermelon”, “bell”, “cherry” and the like. For this reason, a small role in which the pattern “watermelon” is aligned on the effective line is referred to as a watermelon role, and a small role in which the pattern “bell” is aligned on the effective line is referred to as a bell role. Further, when the symbol “cherry” of the left reel 30L is stopped and displayed on the active line, it is assumed that a winning is made regardless of the types of symbols of the middle reel 30C and the right reel 30R. This role is called the cherry role.

  The re-game player is a player who can play the unit game again without maintaining a predetermined number of medals while maintaining the number of bets (the number of bets) in the currently played unit game. . In the present specification, a re-game combination is also referred to as a re-play combination or an RP combination, and a unit game performed when a re-play combination is won is referred to as a re-play (also referred to as re-play or RP).

  The special role is a role that can shift the game state of the unit game from the general game state to the special game state (a game advantageous to the player). Examples of the special combination include a single bonus (hereinafter referred to as SB combination), a regular bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as RB combination), and a first type big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as first type BB combination). ), A challenge bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as CB combination), and a second type big bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as second type BB combination). As will be described later, the special game state includes a single bonus game state, a regular bonus game state, a first type big bonus game state, a challenge bonus game state, and a second type big bonus game state.

  The SB combination is a combination for shifting the game state of the unit game to a single bonus game state (ordinary character) (hereinafter referred to as SB game state). When the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the SB combination is aligned with the active line, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the SB gaming state. When shifting to the SB gaming state, no medal is paid out. The unit game in the SB game state is a game in which a predetermined combination is won with a high probability, and ends with one unit game.

  The RB combination is a combination for shifting the game state of the unit game to a regular bonus game state (first type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as an RB game state). When the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the RB combination is aligned with the active line, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the RB gaming state. When transitioning to the RB gaming state, no medal is paid out. The unit game in the RB game state is a game in which a predetermined combination is won with high probability. The RB gaming state ends when the number of unit games exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 12 times) or when a predetermined combination wins a predetermined number of times (for example, 8 times).

  In the first type BB combination, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the first type big bonus gaming state (the continuous action device relating to the first type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as the first type BB gaming state). It is a role to make it. When the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the first type BB combination is aligned with the active line, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the first type BB gaming state. When shifting to the first type BB gaming state, no medal is paid out. The first type BB gaming state includes the gaming state of the RB gaming state described above, and at least one unit game can be performed in this RB gaming state. Moreover, in the 1st type BB game state of 1 time, it is a game state which can repeat RB game state of multiple times. The first type BB gaming state ends when the number of medals paid out in the first type BB gaming state reaches a predetermined number (for example, 300).

  The CB combination is a combination for shifting the gaming state of the unit game to the challenge bonus gaming state (second type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as CB gaming state). When the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the CB combination is aligned with the active line, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the CB gaming state. When shifting to the CB gaming state, no medal is paid out. When the gaming state becomes the CB gaming state, it is possible to change the stop control of a certain reel among the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R. Specifically, control is performed so that the reel is stopped within 75 milliseconds (usually 190 milliseconds) with reference to the time when the stop switch corresponding to the certain reel is operated by the player. Further, when the gaming state is changed to the CB gaming state, for a predetermined small combination, the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the predetermined small combination is aligned with the effective line regardless of the result of lottery processing by the combination lottery means 120 described later. be able to. The CB gaming state is ended by performing one unit game.

  In the second type BB combination, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the second type big bonus gaming state (a combination continuous action device related to the second type special combination) (hereinafter referred to as a second type BB gaming state). It is a role to make it. When the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the second type BB combination is aligned with the active line, the gaming state of the unit game is shifted to the second type BB gaming state. When shifting to the second type BB gaming state, no medal is paid out. The second type BB gaming state includes two gaming states, a CB high probability winning state in which the above-mentioned CB combination is won with a high probability and the above-described CB gaming state, and unit games can be performed in each of them. . In addition, when the gaming state shifts from the CB high probability winning state to the CB gaming state, the CB gaming state can be returned to the CB high probability winning state again. The second type BB gaming state ends when the number of medals paid out in the second type BB gaming state reaches a predetermined number (for example, 286). In addition, when the gaming state is the second type BB gaming state, if the above-mentioned SB combination or RB combination can be won by the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120, the SB combination or RB combination is won. Sometimes, the second type BB gaming state ends.

  Further, in addition to the gaming state described above, there is also a replay high probability gaming state. This re-game high probability game state is a game state determined so as to facilitate winning of the above-mentioned re-gamer, that is, a game state in which a winning combination probability of a re-gamer is increased to perform a role lottery process. Note that the replay high probability gaming state is not an independent gaming state such as the above-described general gaming state or special gaming state, but a gaming state that can be superimposed on these gaming states. That is, a gaming state that is a general gaming state and a re-gaming high probability gaming state, or a gaming state that is a special gaming state and a re-gaming high probability gaming state can be achieved.

<< Functions of Slot Machine 10 >>
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of main control functions in the slot machine 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the slot machine 10 mainly includes an operation unit 500, a game medium number setting unit 600, a main control unit 100, a symbol display unit 400, a sub control unit 200, and an effect unit 300. including.

<Operating means 500>
The operation means 500 is operated by the player, and issues a signal indicating that it has been operated to the main control means 100 described later based on the player's operation. The operation means 500 preferably includes a start switch 42 and stop switches 44a to 44c. When the start switch 42 is operated by the player, the start switch 42 issues a signal indicating that the start switch 42 has been operated to the main control means 100 described later. Each of the stop switches 44a to 44c also issues a signal indicating that it has been operated to the main control means 100 when operated by the player.

  As described above, the rotation of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R starts by the signal issued from the start switch 42 to the main control means 100, and the trigger for starting the unit game described above is determined. A signal issued from the start switch 42 to the main control means 100 is referred to as a start signal.

  Further, the corresponding reel among the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R is stopped by a signal issued from each of the stop switches 44a to 44c to the main control means 100. Based on the fact that all of the three stop switches 44a to 44c are operated and all of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped, an opportunity to end the unit game is determined. A signal issued from each of the stop switches 44a to 44c to the main control means 100 is referred to as a stop signal. In this way, the unit game is started based on the start signal described above being issued, and the unit game is ended based on the stop signal being issued from the top switch corresponding to the reel to be finally stopped.

<Game medium number setting means 600>
Similarly to the operation unit 500, the game medium number setting unit 600 is operated by the player, and issues a signal indicating that the game medium has been operated based on the operation of the player to the main control unit 100 described later. Based on a signal issued from the operation means 500 to the main control means 100, it is determined which one of the plurality of pay lines L1 to L5 is to be activated.

  The game medium number setting means 600 may be anything that can be operated by the player. The game medium number setting means 600 is preferably composed of the 1-bet switch 62, the 2-bet switch 64, and the maximum bet switch 66 described above.

  The number of medals to be bet on the game is determined by a signal issued from the 1-bet switch 62, 2-bet switch 64 or maximum bet switch 66 to the main control means 100. For example, one medal is targeted for a game bet by a signal issued from the 1 bet switch 62 to the main control unit 100, and two medals are received by a signal issued from the 2 bet switch 64 to the main control unit 100. Are bets for gaming, and three medals are targeted for gaming bets by a signal issued from the maximum bet switch 66 to the main control means 100.

<Set value setting means 700>
The set value setting means 700 is operated by a person such as an administrator of the slot machine 10. By operating the set value setting means 700, a signal indicating a set value for setting a probability table used when performing a role lottery process by the role lottery means 120 described later is issued to the main control means 100. For example, when the set value is 1 to 6, a signal indicating a value of “1” to “6” is sent to the main control unit 100. As will be described later, the set value is stored in the set value storage unit 160.

  The set value setting means 700 is preferably composed of the setting switch 27 described above.

<Main control means 100 (game control means)>
In addition to the operation means 500, the game medium number setting means 600, the set value setting means 700, and the symbol display means 400 described above, the sub control means 200 is electrically connected to the main control means 100. The main control means 100 controls the entire game such as the progress of the game. The main control means 100 preferably comprises the main control board 32 described above.

  As described above, the operation means 500 is electrically connected to the main control means 100. A start signal is issued from the start switch 42 of the operation means 500 to the main control means 100. Thereby, it can be detected that the start switch 42 is operated by the player. A stop signal is issued to the main control unit 100 from each of the stop switches 44 a to 44 c of the operation unit 500. Thereby, the order and timing of the stop signal issued from each of the stop switches 44a to 44c can be detected.

  In addition, a game medium number setting means 600 is electrically connected to the main control means 100. A bet signal is issued to the main control means 100 from each of the 1 bet switch 62, the 2 bet switch 64 and the maximum bet switch 66 of the game medium number setting means 600. By detecting the issued bet signal, the number of medals to be bet and the setting of the effective line are controlled.

  The main control means 100 includes a combination lottery means 120, a reel drive control means 130, a symbol detection means 150, and a set value storage means 160.

<Role lottery means 120 (role lottery means)>
The role lottery means 120 performs a lottery of predetermined types. As described above, there are types of combinations such as a small combination, a replay combination, and a special combination. As described above, the fact that at least one type of combination is determined by the combination lottery process of the combination lottery means 120 is referred to as “winning”, and the case where any type of combination is not determined is referred to as “out”.

  The role lottery means 120 includes, for example, a random number generation means 122, a random number extraction means 124, and a random number determination means 126. The random number generation means 122 generates a random number (hardware random number or the like) for the role lottery process. The random number extraction unit 124 extracts the random number generated by the random number generation unit 122. The random number determination means 126 determines the presence / absence of a winning combination and the winning combination based on the random number value extracted by the random number extracting means 124. The role lottery means 120 constitutes a “role lottery means”, and a “role lottery process” is performed.

  The “role lottery process” is a lottery process for determining “win” or “miss” for a game. Specifically, it is executed in step S13 of FIG.

<Random number generator 122>
The random number generator 122 continuously generates random numbers in a predetermined positive integer range (for example, 0 to 65535 in decimal notation) at predetermined timings.

<Random number extraction means 124>
The random number extraction unit 124 extracts the random number generated by the random number generation unit 122 at a predetermined timing. For example, in the present embodiment, random numbers are extracted when the start switch 42 is operated by the player.

<Random number judging means 126>
The random number determination unit 126 checks the random number value extracted by the random number extraction unit 124 with a lottery probability table (probability table) stored in the probability table storage unit 128 described later, thereby corresponding to the region to which the random number value belongs. Decide which role to play.

<Probability table storage means 128>
The probability table storage means 128 has a lottery probability table in which lottery probabilities are stored in accordance with a plurality of gaming states and types of combinations.

  As described above, the game state of the unit game includes a general game state, an SB game state, an RB game state, a first type BB game state, a CB game state, a second type BB game state, and the like. The lottery probability table corresponds to these gaming states, the general gaming state probability table, the SB gaming state probability table, the RB gaming state probability table, the first type BB gaming state probability table, the CB gaming state probability table, the second type. It consists of a probability table such as a BB gaming state probability table.

  There is also a probability table for making a replay high probability gaming state. As described above, the replay high probability gaming state is not an independent gaming state such as a general gaming state or a special gaming state but a gaming state that can be superimposed on these gaming states. Specifically, the replay high probability game state includes a game state that is a general game state and a replay high probability game state, and a game state that is a special game state and a replay high probability game state. Thus, the replay high probability gaming state is a gaming state superimposed on the general gaming state or the special gaming state as the gaming state, but the probability table is the general gaming state probability table or the special gaming state probability table. It is configured separately. Specifically, a general replay high probability game state probability table corresponding to a game state that is a general game state and a replay high probability game state, and a game that is a special game state and a replay high probability game state It consists of a special replay high probability gaming state probability table corresponding to the state.

  Each of these probability tables has, for example, a plurality of areas obtained by dividing an integer in the range of 0 to 65535 for each predetermined range. Each of the plurality of areas corresponds to a type of combination. For example, an integer in the range of 0 to 65535 can be used for an area corresponding to a small combination, an area corresponding to a re-playing combination, an area corresponding to an RB combination, an area corresponding to a first type BB combination, and an outage The area is divided into a plurality of areas such as the obtained area.

  The random number determination means 126 described above determines which of these areas the random number value extracted by the random number extraction means 124 is included in, and determines the type of the combination. For example, when the value of the random number extracted by the random number extraction unit 124 is included in the area corresponding to the first type BB combination, the random number determination unit 126 determines that the first type BB combination is won. Further, when the random number value extracted by the random number extraction unit 124 is included in the region corresponding to the detachment, the random number determination unit 126 determines that the detachment has occurred.

  Note that all probability tables such as a general gaming state probability table, an SB gaming state probability table, an RB gaming state probability table, a first type BB gaming state probability table, a CB gaming state probability table, a second type BB gaming state probability table, etc. It is not necessary to provide areas corresponding to all the combinations. It is only necessary to provide an area only for a winning combination that can be won in the gaming state. For example, when the gaming state is the RB gaming state, the RB gaming state probability table includes these roles so that the SB combination, the RB combination, the first type BB combination, the CB combination, and the second type BB combination are not won. Do not provide an area corresponding to. In addition, when the gaming state is the first type BB gaming state, in the first type BB gaming state probability table, the SB combination, the first type BB combination, the CB combination, and the second type BB combination are not won. Do not provide areas corresponding to these roles. Furthermore, when the game state is the second type BB game state, the second type BB game state probability table corresponds to these roles so that the first type BB combination and the second type BB combination are not won. Avoid providing areas.

<Reel drive control means 130>
The reel drive control unit 130 performs rotation control and stop control of the three reels 30L to 30R based on the start signal issued from the start switch 42 and the stop signal issued from the stop switches 44a to 44c. . The reel drive control unit 130 includes a reel rotation control unit 132 and a reel stop control unit 134.

<Reel rotation control means 132>
The reel rotation control means 132 issues a rotation control signal to the motors 86a, 86b and 86c when it detects a start signal issued from the operation means 500, preferably the start switch 42 described above. As will be described later, the motor 86a drives the left reel 30L, the motor 86b drives the middle reel 30C, and the motor 86c drives the right reel 30R. When the reel rotation control means 132 detects the start signal, it issues a rotation control signal to these three motors 86a, 86b and 86c. With the rotation control signal, the three reels 30L to 30R start to rotate. This process is executed in step S15 shown in the flowchart of FIG.

<Reel stop control means 134>
The reel stop control unit 134 stops the motor 86a, 86b or 86c based on the timing when the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c is operated by the player and the result of the lottery process of the above-mentioned combination lottery unit 120. A control signal is issued to stop the left reel 30L, middle reel 30C, or right reel 30R.

  As described above, when the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c is operated by the player, a stop signal is issued from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c. The reel stop control means 134 detects a stop signal issued from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c.

  When the reel stop control unit 134 detects a stop signal issued from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c, the reel stop control unit 134 obtains a candidate symbol determined by the symbol detection unit 150 described later from the symbol detection unit 150. As will be described later, this candidate symbol is at least one symbol selected as one that can be positioned at the rotation reference position when the reel 30L, 30C, or 30R is stopped. Note that the at least one or more symbols are symbols for the number of control frames described later. In the present embodiment, the rotation reference position is preferably the pay line L3 as will be described later.

  Hereinafter, the number of control frames and candidate symbols will be described.

  The reel stop control means 134 controls the reels 30L, 30C and 30R to stop after a certain amount of rotation after the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are operated. However, if the time until the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped is too long, the mode until the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped becomes unnatural. For this reason, the time from when the stop signal issued from the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c is detected until the reel stops is set to 190 milliseconds or less in principle. As described in the CB gaming state described above, when the gaming state becomes the CB gaming state, the stop control can be changed for certain reels among the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. . Control is performed so that the reel is stopped within 75 milliseconds with reference to the time when the stop signal issued from the stop switch corresponding to the certain reel is detected.

  Further, when the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are rotating at a constant speed, it is necessary that the player can generally identify the symbols attached to the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. For this reason, the rotation speeds of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are determined so that the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R do not rotate more than 80 revolutions per minute.

  In the case of a general slot machine, the number of symbols attached to each of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R is 21.

  Thus, the first control condition is that stop control is performed so that the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R with 21 symbols stop within 190 milliseconds after the stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c are operated. From the second control condition that the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are controlled to rotate so as not to rotate more than 80 rotations per minute, the reels 30L to 30R are stopped after the stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c are operated. Until then, the number of symbols that can pass through the rotation reference position most often (hereinafter referred to as the maximum number of passing symbols) is four. The number of symbols that can pass through the rotation reference position includes a symbol that is passing through the rotation reference position when the stop switch is operated.

  In this specification, the sum of the maximum number of passing symbols and the symbol where the reel is stopped and positioned at the rotation reference position is referred to as the number of control frames. As described above, the maximum number of passing symbols is four. Further, the number of symbols positioned at the rotation reference position when the reel is stopped is one. Therefore, in this embodiment, the number of control frames is 5. The number of symbols corresponding to the number of control frames is a symbol that may be located at the rotation reference position, and is a candidate symbol determined by the symbol detection means 150 described later.

  The reel stop control means 134 uses the reels 30L, 30L, and 44C so that the number of symbols passing through the rotation reference position is equal to or less than the maximum number of passing symbols, based on when the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are operated. Stop control of 30C and 30R is performed. The rotation reference position is preferably the winning line L3, for example. When the rotation reference position is the winning line L3, after the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are operated, the reels are stopped so that the number of symbols passing through the winning line L3 is less than or equal to the maximum passing symbol number. Take control. In other words, in the above-described example, the reel stop control unit 134 operates from the time when the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c are operated until the number of symbols passing through the pay line L3 reaches four, the reels 30L, 30C and 30R. Is controlled to stop the reels 30L, 30C and 30R.

  In this embodiment, the reference rotation reference position is preferably one of the winning lines L1 to L3 extending in the horizontal direction. If attention is paid to one of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R, the number of symbols passing through the winning lines L1 to L3 from when the stop switch is operated until the reel stops is The same is true for any winning line. For example, the number of symbols passing through the pay lines L1 to L3 from when the stop switch 44a is operated until the reel 30L is stopped is the same in any pay line.

  In addition, the reel stop control means 134 controls the stop of the left reel 30L, the middle reel 30C, or the right reel 30R based on the result of the lottery process of the above-mentioned role lottery means 120.

  For example, when a predetermined winning combination is won by the lottery process of the winning lottery means 120, the reel stop control means 134 is easily arranged on the winning line in which the arrangement of symbols corresponding to the winning combination is activated. In addition, stop control of the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R is performed. That is, if the symbol corresponding to the winning combination is included in the candidate symbols determined by the symbol detecting means 150, the symbol 3 is set so that the symbol is positioned on the activated winning line. Stop control of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R is performed. In this way, the reel stop control is performed as “pull-in control” so that the arrangement of the symbols corresponding to the selected predetermined combination is aligned on the activated pay line.

  On the other hand, when no winning combination is won by the lottery process of the winning lottery means 120, that is, when the winning combination is lost, the reel stop control means 134 validates the arrangement of symbols corresponding to any of the winning combinations. Stop control of the three reels 30L, 30C and 30R is performed so that they are not aligned on the winning line. That is, the three reels 30L are arranged so that even if the symbols constituting the candidate symbols determined by the symbol detecting means 150 are positioned on the activated pay line, the symbols corresponding to any of the combinations are not arranged. , 30C and 30R are stopped. In this way, the reel stop control is performed as “kicking control” so that the symbols corresponding to any of the winning combinations are not aligned on the activated pay line.

  These processes are executed in the reel stop control process in step S18 of the flowchart shown in FIG.

<Design detecting means 150 (symbol position detecting means)>
When the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are rotating, the symbol detection means 150 detects a symbol that is passing through the rotation reference position or a symbol that may be located at the rotation reference position. As described above, the symbol that may be located at the rotation reference position is a candidate symbol, and is a symbol that may be located at the rotation reference position when the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped. Further, the symbol detection means 150 detects a symbol that is stopped and positioned at the rotation reference position when the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped.

  When the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are rotating, the symbol detection means 150 detects a symbol based on the fact that a stop signal is issued from the operation means 500. The process of the symbol detection means 150 when the reels 30L, 30C and 30R are rotating is performed as follows.

  In response to the player operating the operation means 500, for example, the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c, stop signals are issued from the stop switches 44a, 44b and 44c. When the player operates the left stop switch 44a, a stop signal is issued from the stop switch 44a, and when the player operates the center stop switch 44b, a stop signal is issued from the stop switch 44b and the right stop switch 44c is operated. When operated, a stop signal is issued from the stop switch 44c.

  When detecting the stop signal issued from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c, the symbol detecting means 150 detects the signal issued from the rotation angle sensor of the reel corresponding to the operated stop switch. Specifically, the left stop switch 44a corresponds to the reel 30L, and when the stop switch 44a is operated by a player, a signal generated from the rotation angle sensor 83a for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30L. Is detected. Further, the reel 30C corresponds to the central stop switch 44b, and when the stop switch 44b is operated by the player, a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83b for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30C is detected. . Further, the right stop switch 44c corresponds to the reel 30R, and when the stop switch 44c is operated by the player, a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83c for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30R is detected. . As will be described later, the signals generated from these rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b or 83c generate signals indicating the number of pulses corresponding to the rotation angle of one revolution of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R. By detecting a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83a, 83b or 83c, the rotation position from the rotation reference position of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R can be obtained.

  The symbol detection means 150 stores a symbol correspondence table (not shown) that defines the correspondence between symbol numbers and symbols corresponding to symbol numbers. As described above, in the present embodiment, 21 symbols are attached to each of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R along the circumferential direction of the reel. The symbol number is a number from 0th to 20th attached to each of these symbols in order to identify the 21 symbols attached to the reel. The correspondence between the symbol number and the symbol corresponding to the symbol number is, for example, that the 0th symbol of the left reel 30L is “Plum”, the 8th symbol is “Replay”, and the 19th symbol The symbol is a “bell”, and the symbol correspondence table stores 21 symbols from 0th to 20th for each of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R.

  Further, the symbol detection means 150 is configured to determine the pulse number-symbol number correspondence relationship between the number of pulses indicated by the signals emitted from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c and the 0th to 20th symbol numbers. A symbol number correspondence table (not shown) is also stored.

  As described above, when the stop switch is operated by the player, the symbol detection means 150 detects a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83a, 83b or 83c corresponding to the operated stop switch. By detecting a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83a, 83b or 83c, the number of pulses counted by the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b and 83c is obtained. Next, the symbol number can be obtained from the number of pulses with reference to the above-described pulse number-symbol number correspondence relationship. The symbol number obtained in this manner indicates the symbol number of the symbol that is passing through the rotation reference position, for example, the winning line L3. Furthermore, a symbol is obtained from the symbol number by referring to the symbol correspondence table described above.

  By doing in this way, the symbol detection means 150 can obtain the symbol in the middle of passing the rotation reference position, for example, the winning line L3, when the stop switch is operated. Furthermore, as described above, in the present embodiment, the number of control frames is the sum of the maximum number of passing symbols and the symbol where the reel is stopped and positioned at the rotation reference position. After obtaining the symbol in the middle of passing through the rotation reference position, the symbols corresponding to the number of control frames can be obtained by referring to the symbol correspondence table. As described above, in this specification, symbols for the number of control frames are referred to as candidate symbols. The reel stop control means 134 described above obtains a candidate symbol by the symbol detection means 150 and starts reel stop control corresponding to the operated stop switch. The candidate symbols obtained by the symbol detection means 150 are referred to when the reel stop control means 134 described above performs pull-in control or kick-off control.

  As described above, by obtaining the candidate symbol by the symbol detecting unit 150, the position of the candidate symbol with respect to the rotation reference position can be determined. That is, it is possible to determine how far a predetermined symbol included in the candidate symbol is with respect to the rotation reference position.

  The symbol detection means 150 also obtains a symbol positioned at the rotation reference position, for example, the winning line L3 when the reel 30L, 30C or 30R has already stopped. This process starts with a reel that is stopped among the reels 30L, 30C, or 30R from a pulse number storage device (not shown) that stores the number of pulses indicated by the signals generated from the rotation angle sensors 83a to 83c. The number of pulses corresponding to is read, the symbol number is obtained from the number of read pulses, and the symbol located at the rotation reference position is obtained from the obtained symbol number. After obtaining the symbol located at the rotation reference position, further symbols other than the rotation reference position can be obtained by referring to the symbol correspondence table. For example, when the left reel 30L is already stopped, first, a signal emitted from the rotation angle sensor 83a is detected to obtain a symbol positioned on the winning line L3. Furthermore, by referring to the symbol correspondence table, symbols positioned on the winning lines L1 and L2 can also be obtained.

  The symbols of the reels that have already stopped are referred to when the above-described reel stop control means 134 performs pull-in control or kick-off control. When a predetermined combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120, the reel stop control unit 134 determines the winning combination based on the already stopped reel symbol and the reel candidate symbol to be stopped. The reels that are about to be stopped are controlled so that the symbols corresponding to are aligned on the activated pay line. If no winning combination is won by the lottery process of the winning lottery means 120, the reel stop control means 134 displays the symbols of the reels that have already stopped and the candidate symbols of the reels to be stopped. Therefore, stop control of the reel to be stopped is performed so that the arrangement of symbols corresponding to any of the combinations does not align on the activated pay line.

  The symbol detection by the symbol detection means 150 is executed when the reel stop control process in step S18 in FIG. 4 is performed, and the result of symbol detection is also referred to in the winning process in step S20 in FIG.

<Set value storage means 160>
The set value storage unit 160 stores the set value indicated by the signal generated from the set value setting unit 700. For example, when the set value is 1 to 6, the set value storage unit 160 stores one of the values 1 to 6. The set value stored in the set value storage unit 160 is read when the lottery probability table stored in the probability table storage unit 128 is selected.

  The set value stored in the set value storage unit 160 is transmitted to the sub-control unit 200 described later at a predetermined timing.

<Design display means 400>
The symbol display means 400 includes three reels 30L, 30C and 30R. In the present embodiment, as described above, each of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R has a predetermined number, for example, 21 symbols arranged along the reel rotation direction.

  The reel 30L includes a motor 86a for rotating the reel 30L and a rotation angle sensor 83a for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30L. The reel 30C includes a motor 86b for rotationally driving the reel 30C and a rotation angle sensor 83b for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30C. The reel 30R includes a motor 86c for rotationally driving the reel 30R and a rotation angle sensor 83c for detecting the rotation angle of the reel 30R. In the present embodiment, the central portions of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are connected to the rotation shafts of the motors 86a, 86b, and 86c, and when the motors 86a, 86b, and 86c are rotated once, the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are also Rotate once.

  In the present embodiment, each of motors 86a, 86b and 86c is a stepping motor. A motor drive circuit (not shown) for driving the motors 86a, 86b and 86c is electrically connected to each of the motors 86a, 86b and 86c. The motor drive circuit is electrically connected to the main control means 100.

  When a pulse signal is supplied from the main control unit 100, the motor drive circuit generates a drive signal based on the supplied pulse signal, and issues the generated drive signal to each of the motors 86a, 86b, and 86c. The motor drive circuit generates a drive signal so that the motor 86a, 86b, or 86c rotates by a rotation angle corresponding to the number of pulses of the pulse signal supplied from the main control unit 100. In the present embodiment, one rotation of the motor 86a, 86b or 86c, that is, 360 degrees is divided into 400 steps equally. That is, when a pulse signal composed of 400 pulses is supplied from the main control means 100 to the motor drive circuit, the motor drive circuit generates a drive signal so that the motor 86a, 86b or 86c rotates once.

  The rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c include a counter (not shown) that counts the number of pulses of the pulse signal supplied from the main control means 100 to the motor drive circuit. The rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b and 83c emit a signal indicating the number of pulses counted by the counter. The rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c include initialization means (not shown) for initializing the number of pulses counted by the counter. The initialization unit initializes the number of pulses when the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R reach a certain rotation reference position in the rotation direction. Therefore, each time the reels 30L, 30C and 30R reach a certain rotation reference position, the number of pulses counted by the counter is initialized. This fixed rotation reference position becomes the origin in the rotation direction of each of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. As described above, the origin in the rotation direction of each of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R is preferably the rotation reference position described above, for example, the winning line L3.

  With the above-described configuration, the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c can emit signals indicating the number of pulses corresponding to the rotation angle of one revolution of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. As described above, in this embodiment, one rotation of the motor 86a, 86b, or 86c is divided into 400 steps equally. Therefore, when the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are positioned at the rotation reference position, signals indicating that the counted number of pulses is 0 are generated from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c. Further, when the reels 30L, 30C and 30R are at the rotational position rotated by 90 degrees from the rotation reference position, a signal indicating that the counted number of pulses is 99 is generated from the rotational angle sensors 83a, 83b and 83c. It is done.

  The symbol display means 400 also includes a pulse number storage device (not shown) that stores the counted number of pulses for each of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. The number of pulses stored in the pulse number storage means is constantly updated when the reels 30L, 30C and 30R are rotating. Accordingly, the number of pulses is updated until the reels 30L, 30C, or 30R are completely stopped. Therefore, when any of the reels 30L, 30C, or 30R is stopped, for the stopped reels, The number will be stored. When the reels 30L, 30C and 30R are stopped, the number of pulses stored in the pulse number storage device is read out.

  Thus, the rotation position from the rotation reference position of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R can be obtained from the signals generated from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c. The above description is for conceptually explaining signals generated from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c. The slot machine 10 does not detect signals emitted from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c for the purpose of obtaining the rotation positions of the reels 30L, 30C, and 30R. As will be described later, in order to obtain a symbol number, a symbol corresponding to the symbol number, or to obtain a predetermined symbol position, signals generated from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b and 83c are detected.

  As described above, the symbol detection unit 150 stores a symbol correspondence table (not shown) that defines the correspondence between symbol numbers and symbols corresponding to symbol numbers. Further, a pulse number-symbol number correspondence relationship indicating the correspondence between the number of pulses counted by the counters of the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c and the 0th to 20th symbol numbers is predetermined. In this way, the symbol detection means 150 first obtains the number of pulses counted by the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c by detecting signals emitted from the rotation angle sensors 83a, 83b, and 83c. . Next, a symbol number is obtained from the number of pulses using the above-described pulse number-symbol number correspondence relationship. The symbol number obtained in this way indicates the symbol number of the symbol positioned in the rotation reference position, for example, the winning line L3. Furthermore, a symbol is obtained from the symbol number by using the symbol correspondence table described above. In this manner, a symbol positioned at the rotation reference position, for example, the winning line L3 can be obtained.

  When any one of the reels 30L, 30C and 30R is stopped, the number of pulses stored in the pulse number storage device described above is read for the stopped reel, and the number of pulses described above is read. The symbol number is obtained from the number of read pulses using the symbol number correspondence, and the symbol is obtained from the symbol number by using the symbol correspondence table described above.

  The symbol detecting means 150 obtains the symbol positioned on the winning line L3 in this way, and the processing in the symbol detecting means 150 is performed when the reel is rotating and when it is stopped. Regardless of this, if it is performed when the reel is rotating, a candidate symbol that may stop at the winning line L3 can be determined. Further, if it is performed when the reel is stopped, the symbol that is stopped and positioned on the winning line L3 can be determined.

<Sub-control means 200 (production control means)>
As described above, the sub control unit 200 is electrically connected to the main control unit 100, and various signals and information generated from the main control unit 100 are supplied to the sub control unit 200.

  The various signals issued from the main control means 100 include a signal indicating the result of the winning lottery process by the winning lottery means 120, a signal indicating that the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c is operated, and the like. These signals are transmitted from the main control means 100 in the processing of steps S14 and S17 in the flowchart of FIG.

  The sub-control means 200 receives these signals and controls effects performed by the effect means 300 described later. The effect is for informing information related to the unit game. Details of the rendering performed by the rendering means 300 will be described later.

  The sub-control means 200 is preferably composed of the sub-control board 52 described above. The sub-control unit 200 includes an information transmission unit 270, a selection mode determination unit 280, and a selection stop point determination unit 290.

<Information transmission means 270>
The information transmitting unit 270 transmits information related to the effect selected by the sub-control unit 200 to the effect unit 300.

  When the sub-control unit 200 selects an effect corresponding to the game state of the unit game, the information transmission unit 270 transmits a command signal for displaying the selected effect to the effect unit 300, or selects the selected effect. The image data and sound data related to the image are converted into signals and transmitted to the rendering means 300.

<Selection mode determining means 280>
The selection mode determination unit 280 determines one selection mode among the plurality of selection modes based on the lottery process result of the combination lottery unit 120.

  There are four selection modes as will be described later. The selection mode determination unit 280 selects one of these four selection modes based on the result of the lottery process performed by the combination lottery unit 120. The four selection modes are as follows.

  A 1st selection aspect is an aspect which selects a stop station on the way at random. That is, this is a mode in which a random number is generated and a stop station is determined depending on the value of the random number.

  The second selection mode is a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the terminal station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station. In this aspect, a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station.

  A 3rd selection aspect is an aspect which selects a stop station as a stop station on the way so that it may approach the terminal station most. This mode is a mode in which one is selected from the stop stations existing on the shortest path connecting the current stop station and the end station.

  A 4th selection aspect is an aspect which selects the terminal station itself as a stop station on the way. That is, it is an aspect in which the terminal station can be reached immediately.

  The current stop station, halfway stop station, and end station will be described later.

  Particularly, in the present embodiment, there are an end point arrival mode and an end point non-reach mode. This “end point arrival mode” corresponds to the fourth selection mode described above. The “end point non-reaching mode” corresponds to the first selection mode to the third selection mode. Based on the result of the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120, the selection mode determination unit 280 described above determines the selection mode of either the terminal point arrival mode or the terminal point non-reaching mode. The determination process of the selection mode determination unit 280 may be based on the result of the lottery process of the combination lottery unit 120. In particular, the final point arrival mode or the final point non-reach mode depending on whether or not the special combination is won. What is determined as either one is preferable.

  As described above, the terminal point arrival mode is a mode in which the terminal station is selected as a stop station on the way. That is, when the terminal point arrival mode is selected, the terminal station is always selected as a halfway stop station (selected stop point) if the conditions for selecting the terminal station are satisfied. As will be described later, this end point arrival mode may be selected only when a special combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120.

  Even if the special role is won and the terminal point arrival mode is selected, the terminal station is not necessarily selected as a stop station, and the character does not necessarily reach the terminal station. In order for an end station to be selected as a stop station, a condition for separately selecting an end station must be satisfied. For example, if the maximum movement distance that the character can move the longest in one movement is determined, even if the character can move only the maximum movement distance, If there is no terminal station, the terminal station cannot be selected as a stop station, and the character cannot reach the terminal station. On the other hand, if the termination point arrival mode is selected after winning the special role, and there is a termination station before reaching the maximum travel distance from the currently stopped station, the termination station must be stopped halfway. And the character can reach the terminal station.

  On the other hand, the terminal point non-reaching mode described above is a mode in which the terminal station is not selected as a halfway stop station (selected stop point) when the special role is not won. In other words, if a special role is not won and the terminal point non-reaching mode is selected, the terminal station will be selected as a stop station even if the conditions for selecting the terminal station are met. Rather, a stop station different from the terminal station is selected. In the case of the above-mentioned example, even when the terminal station is included in the range that can be moved the longest, the terminal point non-reachable mode is selected when the special role is not won. A stop point different from the terminal station will be selected.

  Even when this terminal point arrival mode is selected, when the special role is won, the terminal station may be selected to allow the character to reach the terminal station.

<Selection stop point determination means 290>
The selection stop point determination unit 290 determines a stop station on the way according to one selection mode determined by the selection mode determination unit 280.

<End point changing means 295>
The end point changing means 295 sets a new stop point that is different from the currently determined end point when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The predetermined condition is that the character does not reach the end point within a predetermined period after starting from the currently determined starting point. That is, the end point changing means 295 determines a new end point when the character starts from the start point and does not reach the end point within a predetermined period.

  The predetermined period described above is preferably a period determined according to the number of times that the unit game has been performed or the number of times that the effect has been performed. By transmitting information about the start of a unit game and information about the number of times that a unit game has been performed from the main control unit 100 to the sub-control unit 200, the number of times that a unit game has been performed can be counted. In addition, when a predetermined period is determined according to the number of times the performance is performed, the number of times may be counted every time the performance is performed. By doing in this way, a process can be made easy and simple.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the unit game determines a predetermined period according to the number of effects is shown. However, by starting a timer or the like, the predetermined period is determined according to the time indicated by the timer value. It is good.

  Further, the end point changing unit 295 determines a new end point based on the set value set by the set value setting unit 700. For example, when the set value is large, a new end point is determined from a stop point close to the current stop point, and when the set value is small, a new end point is determined from a stop point far from the current stop point. In this way, when an end point close to the current stop point is determined, it is possible to notify the player that the set value is large, and when an end point far from the current stop point is determined, It is possible to notify the player that the set value is small. Thus, it is good also as a structure which determines the perspective of a new end point according to a setting value.

  Furthermore, when the distance from the current stop point to the end point is within a predetermined distance, the end point changing means 295 determines whether a stop point different from the end point among the plurality of stop points is set as a new end point. It is preferable to determine whether or not. That is, the end point changing means 295 may determine whether or not to set a new end point when the distance from the current stop point to the end point is within a predetermined distance, and the end point is changed as a result of the determination. You don't have to. By doing in this way, when the end point is approached to some extent, the end point may be changed, and the interest of the production can be enhanced.

  This process is executed in the flowchart shown in FIG.

<Direction means 300>
In the production means 300, notification of information related to the game is performed as production. The effect unit 300 is electrically connected to the information transmission unit 270 of the sub-control unit 200 described above. In the present embodiment, the effect performed by the effect unit 300 is controlled by the sub-control unit 200 described above. The production means 300 notifies the player of the information emitted from the information transmission means 270 so that the player can recognize it. The effect unit 300 is preferably composed of the image display device 34, the speaker 36, or the lamp 38. It is preferable that the game for notifying the information related to the game described above is performed by the image display device 34. As described above, the effect is controlled and advanced by the sub-control means 200.

  As will be described later, in the present embodiment, there are a plurality of types, such as a train moving game, a continuous effect, and other effects. Of these, there are continuous effects such as table tennis battle effects, shooting effects, and other continuous effects. The continuous performance is selected according to the result of the train movement game after the train movement game is performed.

<< Overview of train movement game >>
As described above, in the present embodiment, one of the effects performed by the image display device 34 is a train movement game. As described above, in this embodiment, there is an effect referred to as a continuous effect in addition to the train movement game. This continuous production will be described later.

  Train movement game imitates the Sugoroku game. That is, when the train movement game is viewed from the player's viewpoint, the train movement game displays the dice image, and the train moves as many times as the number of the dice that are displayed, and this is repeated. Thus, if the train moves in sequence and can reach the final station, it will end. By performing this train movement game with the image display device 34, it is possible to notify the player of information relating to the unit game controlled by the main control means 100.

  FIG. 18 is an example of an image displayed on the image display device 34 when a train movement game is performed. In this example, a map showing Hokkaido in Japan is displayed. Map information for displaying a map on the image display device 34 is stored in advance in storage means (not shown) of the sub-control means 200. In the present embodiment, the map information for displaying a map on the image display device 34 includes map information of not only Japan but also foreign countries such as Hawaii.

  When a train movement game is performed, an image of a train and an image of a travel path on which the train can travel are displayed on the image display device 34. This train corresponds to a “character”. In addition, in the figure shown in FIG. 18, the image of a train is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the present embodiment, “going forward” includes moving the train and stopping when reaching the target point. In other words, “going forward” includes two actions: a moving action in which the train moves, and a stopping action that stops the moving action and stops there when reaching a target point.

<Movement path>
The travel path on which the train can travel includes a plurality of stop stations and a unit route that connects adjacent stop stations.

<Stop station (stop point)>
For example, in the example shown in FIG. 18, one small square cell on which a number is displayed is one stop station. The train can only be stopped at the stop station. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the stop station where the numerical value “1” is displayed is Wakkanai Station, and the stop station where the numerical value “25” is displayed is Sapporo Station. A different number is assigned to each stop station, and the stop station can be specified or specified by the numerical value. In the present embodiment, the numerical value “n” is referred to as a stop station identification number. For example, Kushiro Station has a stop station identification number of 40 as indicated by a numerical value “40”, and this stop station is referred to as a stop station of stop station identification number 40. This stop station corresponds to the “stop point”.

  FIG. 19 is a table showing stop station basic data used in the present embodiment. This stop station basic data is stored in advance in storage means (not shown) of the sub-control means 200. As shown in FIG. 19, in this embodiment, 521 stop stations from the stop station with stop station identification number 1 to the stop station with stop station identification number 521 are used.

  The first column of the table shown in FIG. 19 is a numerical value indicating the stop station identification number described above. As described above, 521 stop stations can be designated and identified by using this stop station identification number.

  The two numerical values shown in the second column of the table of FIG. 19 are values indicating the x coordinate and y coordinate of the stop station on the map. By reading this value, the stop station can be drawn at a desired position of the image display device 34.

  The third column in the table of FIG. 19 shows the functions of the stop station and the display color of the stop station used when the stop station is displayed on the image display device 34. The functions of the stop station are predetermined. The display color of the stop station is determined in accordance with the function of the stop station, and the player visually recognizes the display color of the stop station displayed on the image display device 34 so that the stop station is displayed. You can know the functions you have. FIG. 18 shows only white and black, and the display color of the stop station is omitted.

  The “end station” displayed in the third column of FIG. 19 is a stop station having a function that can be selected as the end station among 521 stop stations. The terminal station will be described later. In addition, “Blue Station” is a stop station where the money is increased when a train movement game is performed as a soroku game. In other words, “Blue Station” has a function that allows the player to virtually increase the money possessed by the train movement game when the train stops at “Blue Station” after the train movement game is performed. It is a stop station. Furthermore, “Red Station” is a stop station where the money is reduced. That is, the “red station” is a stop station having a function of reducing the money virtually owned by the player when the train stops at the “red station”. Furthermore, the “normal station” and the “special station” are stop stations having a function that triggers the start of a continuous production described later. In other words, “normal station” and “special station” have a function that, when the train stops at “normal station” or “special station”, the production corresponding to the next unit game is a continuous production. Have a stop station.

  The fourth column to the seventh column in the table of FIG. 19 are stop station identification numbers indicating adjacent stop stations. The column “→” indicates the stop station identification number of the stop station existing on the right side, the column “↓” indicates the stop station identification number of the stop station existing on the lower side, and the column “←” indicates The stop station identification number of the stop station existing on the left side is shown, and the column “↑” shows the stop station identification number of the stop station existing on the upper side. The numerical value “0” shown in the fourth column to the seventh column means that there is no adjacent stop station. For example, for a stop station (Wakkanai Station) with stop station identification number 1, the value of “→” is 2, the value of “↓” is 5, and the value of “←” is 0. The value of “↑” is 0. That is, there is a stop station with stop station identification number 2 on the right side of the stop station with stop station identification number 1, and there is a stop station with stop station identification number 5 on the right next to the stop station with stop station identification number 1. In addition, it indicates that there is no stop station on the left or upper side of the stop station with stop station identification number 1.

<Unit route>
As described above, the travel route on which the train can travel includes a unit route. In the example shown in FIG. 18, this unit route is a thick black line that directly connects two adjacent stop stations. For example, the stop station with stop station identification number 1 (Wakkanai station) and the stop station with stop station identification number 2 are adjacent to each other, and the stop station with stop station identification number 1 and the stop station with stop station identification number 2 A black thick line is displayed between them. Further, the stop station with stop station identification number 1 and the stop station with stop station identification number 5 are adjacent to each other, and the black color is also present between the stop station with stop station identification number 1 and the stop station with stop station identification number 5. A thick line is displayed. These black thick lines are unit paths. The unit route is a route connecting two adjacent stop stations and a predetermined route. Furthermore, the unit route is a route along which the train can travel, and the train can move only along the unit route.

  The numerical values shown in the 4th to 7th columns of the table of FIG. 19 described above are the length of the unit route. If a numerical value other than 0 exists in each of these columns, the unit route exists. If the numerical value is 0, it means that there is no unit path.

  Thus, the unit route directly connects two adjacent stop stations, and does not depend on the length between the two stop stations displayed on the map. As described above, the unit route is a route along which the train can move, and the train can move only along the unit route. In other words, even if two stop stations are displayed at close positions on the map, if there is no unit route between the two stop stations, one of the two stop stations will immediately go to the other. Cannot move. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 18, the stop station with the stop station identification number 28 and the stop station with the stop station identification number 29 are displayed at close positions on the map. Since there is no unit route connecting the two stop stations with the stop station with the stop station identification number 29, the stop station with the stop station identification number 28 is changed from the stop station with the stop station identification number 28 to the stop station. It is not possible to immediately move from the stop station with the identification number 29 to the stop station with the stop station identification number 28. In this case, in order to move from the stop station with the stop station identification number 28 to the stop station with the stop station identification number 29, for example, in the order of the stop station identification numbers, the stop stations 28 → 37 → 48 → 49 → 38 → 29 28 → 27 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29 through a stop station other than the stop station with stop station identification number 28 and the stop station with stop station identification number 29. However, it is always possible to move unless the route is along a plurality of unit routes. Note that, as shown in this example, there are cases where there are not only one route but also a plurality of routes on which a train can move between two stop stations.

<Connection station (connection point)>
In addition, most of the stop stations are positions where two unit routes are connected. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 18, the stop station with the stop station identification number 13 includes a unit route that connects the stop station with the stop station identification number 13 and the stop station with the stop station identification number 12, and the stop station identification number 13. This is a position where two unit routes, that is, a unit route connecting the stop station and the stop station having the stop station identification number 14, are connected. The two unit paths to be connected do not need to be arranged on the same straight line as in this example, and the angle formed by these two unit paths may be an angle other than 0 degrees or 180 degrees. Good. For example, the stop station (Niseko Station) with stop station identification number 34 is a unit route that connects the stop station with stop station identification number 34 and the stop station with stop station identification number 33, and the stop station with stop station identification number 34. It is a position where two unit routes are connected to the unit route that connects the stop station with the station identification number 23, and these two unit routes are 90 degrees at the stop station (Niseko station) with the stop station identification number 34. Connected to form a corner.

  Furthermore, the stop station may be a position where three or more unit routes are connected. For example, the stop station with the stop station identification number 42 (Osakabebe Station) has a unit route that connects the stop station with the stop station identification number 42 and the stop station with the stop station identification number 33, and the stop station with the stop station identification number 42. It is a position where three unit routes, a unit route connecting the stop station with the station identification number 43 and a unit route connecting the stop station with the stop station identification number 42 and the stop station with the stop station identification number 56, are connected. A stop station (Kushiro Station) with stop station identification number 40 is a unit route that connects a stop station with stop station identification number 40 and a stop station with stop station identification number 19, and a stop station with stop station identification number 40. A unit route connecting the stop station of the station identification number 41, a unit route connecting the stop station of the stop station identification number 40 and the stop station of the stop station identification number 51, and a stop station and stop station identification of the stop station identification number 40 It is a position where four unit routes are connected to the unit route that connects the stop station numbered 39. Hereinafter, a stop station to which at least three unit routes are connected in this way is referred to as a connection station. In addition, even if it is a connection station, it may only be called a stop station. This connection station corresponds to a “connection point”.

<Number of moving stations>
As described above, the train movement game performed in the image display device 34 is the same as the so-called soroku game, where the train departs from the departure station, moves the train sequentially, and finally reaches the final station. If it is possible, the process ends with a so-called “up”. The “departure station” and “end station” will be described later.

  In response to the unit control being started by the main control means 100, the train movement game is started by the sub-control means 200. When the train movement game is started, first, an image in a form in which the dice rotates is displayed on the image display device 34. Thereafter, an image of a mode in which the dice is stopped is displayed, and the train can be advanced from the current stop station only for the dice roll displayed when the dice is stopped. As will be described later, a stop station where the train is currently stopped is referred to as a currently stopped station.

  In the present embodiment, the number of stop stations that can be advanced from the currently stopped station is referred to as the number of moving stations. Starting from the stop station next to the current stop station, one can be added and the train can be advanced to the stop station that reaches the number of moving stations. That is, for the number of stop stations obtained by subtracting 1 from the number of moving stations, the train is passed, the train is moved to the stop station that matches the number of moving stations, and is stopped at the stop station. The number of moving stations is the same as the number of frames in the so-called Sugoroku game. Therefore, the greater the number of dice rolls, the greater the number of stop stations that can be passed through, so the possibility of approaching the end station sooner arises. As will be described later, not only the number of moving stations but also the direction of movement of the train is determined at the same time, so the train may move in a direction away from the final stop station rather than the current stop station.

  Note that the player who is looking at the image display device 34 seems to advance the train from the currently stopped station by the sum of the dice rolls displayed on the image display device 34, but in this embodiment, the sub The control means 200 first determines the stop station (intermediate stop station) to stop the train next, determines the number of moving stations from the current stop station and the intermediate stop station, and determines the determined number of moving stations from the dice. A dice is displayed as an eye, and an image of moving the train from the current stop station to the stop station is displayed. A specific control process in the sub-control unit 200 will be described in detail later.

  A specific example of the number of moving stations will be described using the example shown in FIG. In this example, when the current stop station of the train is the stop station (Asahikawa Station) with stop station identification number 12, the sum of the dice rolls is 3. In this case, since the number of moving stations is 3, the train can be advanced from the stop station (Asahikawa Station) with stop station identification number 12 to the third stop station. Specifically, counting from the stop station of stop station identification number 13 adjacent to the stop station of stop station identification number 12, and in the order of stop station identification numbers, 12 → 13 (first) → 14 (second ) → 15 (3rd) stop station can be advanced to the stop station of stop station identification number 15. Thus, the stop station of stop station identification number 13 which is the first stop station and the stop station of stop station identification number 14 which is the second stop station are stop stations which can pass a train. It is.

  When the current stop station of the train is the stop station (Asahikawa Station) with stop station identification number 12, if the number of moving stations is 3, not only the above-mentioned route but also the stop station identification number. In order, 12 → 13 (first) → 14 (second) → 18 (third) route, 12 → 8 (first) → 6 (second) → 7 (third) Or 12 → 8 (first) → 6 (second) → 5 (third), 12 → 27 (first) → 28 (second) → 37 (three) There is also a route of eye). For this reason, in the case of this example, the stop station which can advance a train will be any one of the five stop stations of stop station identification number 15, 18, 7, 5, 37. The selection of which stop station to advance the train will be described in detail later.

<Departure station (departure point), end station (end point)>
The departure station is any one stop station selected from a plurality of stop stations. Similarly, the end station is any one stop station selected from a plurality of stop stations, and is a stop station different from the departure station. This departure station corresponds to the “departure point”, and the end station corresponds to the “end point”. In the present embodiment, the stop stations that can be the end stations are the predetermined 25 stop stations among the 521 stop stations.

  FIG. 20 is a table showing terminal stations used in the present embodiment. As described above, the terminal station is 25 predetermined stop stations among 521 stop stations. When the train movement game is started, one of the 25 terminal stations is selected as the terminal station of the train movement game to be performed thereafter.

  The first column in FIG. 20 is a numerical value indicating the terminal station identification number, and is referred to as the terminal station identification number. With this terminal station identification number, 25 terminal stations can be designated or identified.

  The second column in FIG. 20 is the stop station identification number defined in the first column in FIG. By using the numerical value in the second column and the numerical value in the first column, it is possible to obtain the correspondence between the terminal station identification number and the stop station identification number. For example, the stop station “Kushiro” with stop station identification number 40 is also the end station with end station identification number 4.

  The third column in FIG. 20 is character data indicating a specific station name of a stop station determined as an end station. This character data is used to display the station name of the terminal station on the map displayed on the image display device 34.

  As described above, the train movement game is a game equivalent to a soroku game in which a train is moved from a departure station to an end station. When the train can reach the terminal station, one train movement game ends. Thereafter, when the train movement game is started again, the terminal station of the previous train movement game is set as the new departure station, and the terminal station different from the departure station among the 25 terminal stations is set as the new terminal station. Determine as

  Further, when a train moving game is started in a state where the power of the slot machine 10 is turned on and restarted, one of 25 terminal stations is set as a new departure station, and 25 A terminal station different from the departure station among the terminal stations is defined as a new terminal station.

<Current stop station (current stop point), mid-stop station (selected stop point)>
In the present embodiment, a stop station where the train is currently stopped is referred to as a currently stopped station. At the beginning of the train movement game, since the train is stopped at the departure station, the departure station becomes the currently stopped station. As will be described later, when the player operates the start switch 42 and the main control means 100 starts a unit game, the sub-control means 200 correspondingly starts a train movement game. When the train movement game starts, processing for determining a stop station is performed. In this embodiment, this stop station is referred to as an intermediate stop station. When all three stop switches 44a, 44b, and 44c are operated by the player, the sub-control unit 200 displays an image of a mode in which the train moves from the current stop station to the stop station on the image display device 34. The The current stop station described above corresponds to the “current stop point”, and the intermediate stop station corresponds to the “selected stop point”.

  In the present embodiment, in principle, there is no immediate arrival from the departure station to the end station. Accordingly, a unit game is played a plurality of times by the main control means 100, and a train movement game is continuously carried out by the sub-control means 200 corresponding to each unit game, and the train is moved sequentially. Thus, it is possible to arrive at the final station from the departure station.

  In the present embodiment, determining a departure station and an end station and starting a new train movement game from the departure station is referred to as “starting” the train movement game. On the other hand, the train movement game has already started, and starting the continuation is referred to as “resuming” the train movement game. In other words, starting a train movement game while the train has moved to a stop station (stop station) different from the departure station and stopped is referred to as “resume”. In the train movement game that was performed before the train movement game was resumed, the stop station was decided on the way and the train was going to the decided stop station, so when the train movement game was resumed, it was resumed The station that stopped halfway before becomes the current stop station, and the train movement game continues.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the train can reach the terminal station, the train movement game is referred to as “end”. On the other hand, when the train moves to a stop station that does not reach the terminal station and stops and temporarily stops the train movement game, the train movement game is referred to as “interruption”.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, in order for the train to arrive at the terminal station from the departure station, it is necessary for the main control means 100 to execute a unit game a plurality of times, but each time a unit game is performed. The sub-control means 200 does not require the train movement game to be continuously resumed. That is, in response to the unit game being played by the main control means 100, the sub-control means 200 will not be able to operate the train even if the sub-control means 200 performs the next unit game after the train movement game is executed. An effect different from that of the mobile game is performed, and further, the train mobile game can be performed corresponding to the unit game performed thereafter. That is, the train movement game can be performed intermittently. As described above, in order to intermittently perform the train movement game, each time the train movement game is interrupted, the stop station is stored in the middle, and when the train movement game is resumed, the stored halfway stop is stored. What is necessary is just to read a station as a stop station now. Even when the train movement game is performed intermittently, the train can finally reach the terminal station by performing the unit game a plurality of times.

<Movement route>
As described above, when the current stop station of the train is the stop station (Asahikawa Station) with stop station identification number 12, one of the train routes when the sum of the dice rolls is 3 is stopped. It is a stop station of 12 → 13 (first) → 14 (second) → 15 (third) in order of station identification number. In this case, the route from the current stop station to the stop station is a unit route that connects the stop station with stop station identification number 12 and the stop station with stop station identification number 13, and the stop station with stop station identification number 13 It consists of three unit routes: a unit route connecting the stop station with the stop station identification number 14 and a unit route connecting the stop station with the stop station identification number 14 and the stop station with the stop station identification number 15. These three unit routes are called travel routes.

  That is, the movement route is a route that includes at least one unit route and connects the currently stopped station and the halfway stopped station. When a unit game is played once in the main control means 100, and a train moving game is performed correspondingly, the train moves along the moving route from the current stop station to the stop station on the way. And stop at the stop station. This stop station becomes the current stop station when the next train movement game is performed, and the train movement game is performed.

  As described above, the train movement game is “started” by first determining a departure station and an end station and starting a new train movement game from the departure station. After this, the vehicle moves along the moving route from the departure station to the stop station, and stops at the stop station. At this time, the train movement game is “interrupted”.

  In this way, each time a train movement game is performed, the train moves along the movement route from the current stop station to the midway stop station, and stops at the midway stop station. By performing the train movement game a plurality of times, the train can be sequentially moved along the movement route from the departure station to the end station via at least one halfway stop station.

<< Control processing >>
Below, the control performed in the main control means 100 (main control board 32) and the sub control means 200 (sub control board 52) mentioned above is demonstrated. FIG. 4 is a subroutine for executing control processing in the main control means 100. 5 to 17 and FIG. 26 are subroutines for executing control processing in the sub-control means 200.

  In the following, the slot machine 10 is started in advance, and in the main control unit 100 described above, after starting processing such as initialization of various variables used for control, the slot machine 10 operates normally. It shall be. Further, the flowcharts shown in FIG. 4 and FIGS. 5 to 17 and FIG. 26 show only one example for executing the control processing in the main control means 100 and the sub control means 200. Is not limited.

<Control in main control means 100>
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control in the main control means 100.

  First, the inserted number is determined based on a signal generated by the player operating the above-described 1-bet switch 62, 2-bet switch 64, or maximum bet switch 66 (step S11). This inserted number indicates the number of medals targeted for betting for one game, and is not only the number of medals targeted for betting after being temporarily accumulated as the number of credits described above, It also includes the number of medals that have been inserted through the medal insertion slot 46 and are directly bet.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the start switch 42 has been operated by the player (step S12). This determination process is determined based on whether or not a start signal is issued from the start switch 42. When it is determined that the start switch 42 is not operated (NO), the determination process in step S12 is repeated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the start switch 42 has been operated by the player (YES), the role lottery process by the above-described role lottery means 120 is executed (step S13).

  Next, a signal indicating the result of the winning lottery process by the winning lottery means 120 (hereinafter referred to as a lottery result signal) is transmitted to the sub-control means 200 (step S14). Thereafter, rotation control of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R is started by the reel rotation control means 132 of the reel drive control means 130 described above (step S15).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c has been operated by the player (step S16). This determination process is determined by whether or not a stop signal is issued from the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c. When it is determined that the stop switch 44a, 44b, or 44c is not operated (NO), the determination process in step S16 is repeated.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the player has operated the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c (YES), a signal indicating that the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c has been operated (hereinafter referred to as a stop signal). Is transmitted to the sub-control means 200 (step S17), and the three reels 30L, 30C are operated by the reel stop control means 134 of the reel drive control means 130 described above based on the operation of the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c. And the stop control of 30R is executed (step S18).

  After performing the process of step S18 described above, it is determined whether or not all of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped (step S19). The motor 86a for driving the reel 30L, the motor 86b for driving the reel 30C, and the motor 86c for driving the reel 30R excite all phases of these motors, Can be stopped. For example, when each of the motors 86a, 86b and 86c is driven by three-phase excitation, the motors can be stopped by exciting all three phases of each motor simultaneously. The determination process in step S19 described above is a process for determining whether or not the excitation control for stopping the motor is performed on all of the three motors 86a, 86b, and 86c.

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S19 that all the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are not stopped, that is, at least one of the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R is stopped. If it is determined that there is not (NO), the process returns to step S16 described above. On the other hand, when it is determined that all the three reels 30L, 30C, and 30R are stopped (YES), the unit game winning process performed this time is executed (step S20), and this subroutine is terminated. For example, when the RB combination is won, the process of step S20 is shifted to the RB gaming state, and when winning a small combination such as a watermelon combination, processing such as paying out the number of game media corresponding to the combination is performed. If no winning combination is won, no processing related to winning is performed.

<Control in sub-control means 200>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control in the sub-control means 200.

  First, it is determined whether or not information indicating a winning lottery result has been received (step S31). The information indicating the result lottery result is information transmitted from the main control unit 100 to the sub-control unit 200, and is a signal indicating the result of the lottery process performed by the role lottery unit 120. The processing in step S31 corresponds to the processing in step S14 in FIG. 4 described above.

  When it is determined that the information indicating the result of the lottery is received, it is determined whether or not the effect performed by the sub-control unit 200 corresponding to the unit game previously performed by the main control unit 100 is a train movement game. (Step S32). When it is determined that the effect performed by the sub-control means 200 is a train movement game, a subroutine shown in FIG. 16 described later is called to execute a process of starting a continuous effect (step S33), and this subroutine is terminated. The process for starting the continuous effect will be described later.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process in step S32 that the effect performed in response to the unit game performed last time was not a train movement game, the effect is generated according to the information indicating the result of lottery received in step S31. Is selected (step S34). There are a plurality of types of effects performed by the sub-control means 200, and there are train movement games, continuous effects, and other effects. Furthermore, the continuous effects include table tennis battle effects, shooting effects, and other continuous effects. The process in step S34 described above is a process for selecting which one of the train moving game and other effects to select. For example, if the result of the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120 executed in step S13 in FIG. 4 is selected for any combination, this process selects a train moving game, and However, if it is not won, that is, if it is out of play, it is a process of selecting other effects. Alternatively, the train movement game may be selected only when the result of the lottery process by the combination lottery means 120 is won as a special combination or a specific small combination. In this way, when a train movement game is performed, it is possible to notify the player that a certain role has been won or that a specific role has been won.

  Next, in step S34, it is determined whether or not the selected effect is a train movement game (step S35). When it is determined that the selected effect is not a train movement game, the other effects are immediately processed. Is executed (step S36), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S35 that the selected effect is a train movement game, it is determined whether or not the train movement game has already started (step S37). The train movement game is continuously performed over a plurality of unit games, and the train movement game may be started before the current unit game is performed by the main control means 100. The determination process in step S37 is a process for determining whether or not the train movement game is started before the current unit game is performed.

  When it is determined that the train movement game has not been started, that is, when the train movement game is started corresponding to the unit game being performed this time, the terminal station in the train movement game is selected (step S38). ). As described above, the terminal station is selected from 25 predetermined terminal stations among 521 stop stations. The process of step S38 is a process of selecting one of 25 predetermined terminal stations as a terminal station in a train moving game to be performed.

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S37 that the train movement game has already started, or when the process in step S38 is executed, a subroutine for executing a train movement game, which will be described later, is called and executed. (Step S39), this subroutine is terminated.

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S31 that the winning lottery result has not been received, it is determined whether or not a stop signal indicating that the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c has been operated is received (step S40). ). By performing this process, it can be determined whether or not the stop switch 44a, 44b or 44c has been operated by the player. This process corresponds to the process in step S17 of FIG.

  When it is determined that the stop signal has been received, it is determined whether or not the effect selected in the process of step S34 is a train movement game (step S41). When it is determined that the effect selected in the process of step S34 is a train movement game, a subroutine for the process of ending the train movement game described later is called and executed (step S42), and this subroutine is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the effect selected in the process of step S34 is not a train moving game, a subroutine for the process of ending the continuous effect described later is called and executed (step S43), and this subroutine is ended.

<Execution processing of train movement game>
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a process for executing a train moving game which is called and executed in the process of step S39 of FIG. 5 described above. This process is executed both when the train movement game is started and when it is restarted.

  First, a subroutine for terminal station change processing shown in FIG. 26 described later is called and executed (step S50). By executing this process, the end point can be changed.

  Next, the number of dice used in the train movement game is determined (step S51). As described above, the train movement game is a game imitating a six-game game, and the process of step S51 is a process of determining the number of dice used in the train movement game. In the present embodiment, the number of dice is 1 to 4, and is determined to be any one of 1 to 4 by the process of step S51. When the number of dice determined by the process of step S51 is one, since the dice roll is 1 to 6, the train can be advanced by 1 to 6 stations. When the determined number of dice is two, the dice roll is 2 to 12, so the train can be advanced by 2 to 12 stations. Similarly, when the determined number of dice is 3, the train can be advanced by 3 to 18 stations, and when the determined number of dice is 4, The train can be advanced from 4 to 24 stations. Thus, as the number of determined dice increases, it can be moved to a stop station that is far from the current stop station.

  The process for determining the number of dice can also be determined according to the result of the lottery process of the role lottery means 120. For example, the number of dice can be increased when winning a certain role, and the number of dice can be decreased when out of play. As will be described later, when the train movement game starts, images of the number of dice determined in the process of step S51 are displayed on the image display device 34. For this reason, when the number of dice displayed on the image display device 34 is large, it is possible to notify the player that there is a possibility of winning some role.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the special combination is won (step S52a). This process is determined based on the information indicating the result of lottery received in step S31 described above. When it is determined that the special role is won, one of the first to fourth selection modes described later is selected (step S52b), and it is determined that the special role is not won. If so, one of the first selection mode to the third selection mode is selected (step S52c).

  When the special combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120 by executing the processing of the above-described steps S52a to 52c, the selection point determination means 280 causes the final point arrival mode to be changed from the final point non-reach mode. Can be easily selected, and when the special combination is not won by the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120, the selection mode determination means 280 selects the end point non-reaching mode rather than the end point arrival mode. Can be determined to be easy.

  The process of step S52a or S52b mentioned above is a process which determines the aspect for selecting a stop station on the way. There are four ways to select an intermediate stop station.

  A 1st selection aspect is an aspect which selects a stop station on the way at random. That is, this is a mode in which a random number is generated and a stop station is determined depending on the value of the random number.

  The second selection mode is a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the terminal station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station. In this aspect, a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station.

  A 3rd selection aspect is an aspect which selects a stop station as a stop station on the way so that it may approach the terminal station most. This mode is a mode in which one is selected from the stop stations existing on the shortest path connecting the current stop station and the end station.

  A 4th selection aspect is an aspect which selects the terminal station itself as a stop station on the way. That is, it is an aspect in which the terminal station can be reached immediately.

  A specific process for selecting a station that stops halfway according to these four selection modes will be described in detail later. In addition, as will be described later, in this embodiment, instead of immediately determining a stop station, first determine a stop station selection mode for selecting a stop station, and according to the determined stop station selection mode Determine the stop station on the way.

  As described above, the processes of steps S52a and S52b can be determined according to the result of the lottery process of the combination lottery means 120. In the present embodiment, when the lottery result is out of the range, any one of the above-described first selection mode, second selection mode, and third selection mode is selected. On the other hand, when the special combination is won, any one of the first selection mode to the fourth selection mode is selected including the fourth selection mode.

  By performing such a process, as will be described later, when winning a special role by the role lottery process, it is possible to produce an effect that makes the train reach the terminal station, The player can be notified that there is a possibility of winning the special role. Further, the player can imagine the result of the role lottery process by looking at the direction in which the train moves, and can notify the player of the result of the role lottery process by the direction in which the train moves.

  The first selection mode to the third selection mode described above correspond to the “end point non-arrival mode”, and the fourth selection mode corresponds to the “end point arrival mode”.

  When the special role is won by executing the processes of steps S52a and S52b described above, any one of the first selection mode to the fourth selection mode including the fourth selection mode is selected. Since the selection is made, when the special combination is won, it is possible to make it easier to select the end point arrival mode than the end point non-reach mode. By doing in this way, when winning a special role, the possibility of making the character reach the terminal station can be increased.

  In addition, by executing the above-described steps S52a and S52c, when one of the first selection mode to the third selection mode is selected when the special combination is not won, the special combination is selected. When the winning point is not won, it is possible to make the end point arrival mode more easily selected than the end point non-reach mode. In this way, when the special role is not won, the character can be prevented from reaching the terminal station.

  In addition, in the process of step S52a-S52c mentioned above, when the special part was not won, the 4th selection mode which is an end point arrival mode was not selected at all. However, for example, a weighted lottery process is performed. By performing the process, etc., when the special role is won, the end point arrival mode is more easily selected than the end point non-reach mode, and when the special role is not won, the end point non-reach mode is You may make it easier to select than the arrival point arrival mode.

  After executing the process of step S52b or S52c described above, the function of the stop station is selected (step S53). As described above, each stop station is determined to have various functions such as “blue station”, “red station”, “normal station”, and “special station”. For example, “blue station” is a stop station where the money is increased, and “red station” is a stop station where the money is decreased. In addition, “normal station” and “special station” are stop stations that trigger the execution of continuous production. The process of step S53 is a process for selecting the function of such a stop station.

  The process of selecting the function of the stop station in step S53 can also be determined according to the result of the lottery process of the role lottery means 120. For example, if the lottery result is out of place, “Red Station” is selected, and if any small role is won, “Red Station” is selected. By doing in this way, when the money is increased, it can be notified that the small role has been won, and when the money is decreased, it can be notified that the money is lost.

  Next, a subroutine for selecting a stop station to be described later is called and executed (step S54). By executing this processing, it is possible to determine the number of moving stations for advancing the train from the currently stopped station.

  Next, according to the number of dice determined in step S51, the number of dice is determined from the number of moving stations determined in step S54 (step S55). When there are a plurality of dice, this process is a process of distributing the dice rolls so that the sum of the dice rolls matches the number of moving stations. For example, when the number of moving stations determined in the process of step S54 is 9, and the number of dice determined in step S51 is 2, the result of one dice is determined by the process of step S55. It can be set to 4 and the other dice can be turned to 5. In addition, the process which distributes each roll of a dice should just determine using the random number etc. so that the sum total of the roll of several dice may correspond with the number of mobile stations.

  Next, an image in which the dice is rotated is displayed on the image display device 34 (step S56), and this subroutine is terminated.

<Intermediate stop station selection process>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the halfway stop station selection process that is called and executed in the process of step S54 of FIG. 6 described above.

  First, it is determined whether or not there are 13 or more stop stations present from the current stop station to the end station (step S61). The number of stop stations currently existing from the stop station to the end station can be obtained by referring to the shortest station number table described later. When it is determined that the number of stop stations existing from the current stop station to the end station is less than 13, the intermediate stop station selection mode determined in step S52b or S52c of FIG. It is determined whether or not it is a mode for selecting a station (first selection mode) (step S62). If it is determined that the determined midway stop station selection mode is a mode in which a midway stop station is selected at random, a subroutine of random selection mode processing A described later is called and executed (step S63). finish.

  If it is determined in the determination process of step S62 that the determined way stop station selection mode is not a mode in which a way stop station is selected at random, the way stop station determined in step S52b or S52c of FIG. It is determined whether or not the selection mode is a mode (second selection mode) in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a midway stop station (step S64). If it is determined that the determined halfway stop station selection mode is a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a halfway stop station, a subroutine of end station direction selection mode processing A described later is executed. This is called and executed (step S65), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in the determination process of step S64 that the determined stop station selection mode is not a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station, step S52b in FIG. It is determined whether or not the halfway stop station selection mode determined in the process of S52c is a mode (third selection mode) in which the stop station is selected as a halfway stop station so as to be closest to the end station (step S66). . If it is determined that the determined stop station selection mode is a mode in which the stop station is selected as a stop station so as to be closest to the end station, a subroutine of the end station shortest selection mode process A described later is called. This is executed (step S67), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in the determination process of step S66 that the determined stop station selection mode is not a mode in which the stop station is selected as a stop station so as to be closest to the end station, the end station itself is determined as a stop station. In order to execute the selection mode (fourth selection mode), a subroutine of the terminal station stoppable selection mode process A described later is called and executed (step S68), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in the determination process in step S61 that there are 13 or more stop stations from the current stop station to the end station, whether or not the number of dice used in the train movement game is 3 or more. Is determined (step S69). The number of dice is determined by the process in step S51 of FIG. When it is determined in step S69 that the number of dice used in the train movement game is less than 3, the above-described processes in steps S62 to S68 are executed.

  As described above, when it is determined in the determination process of step S61 that the number of stop stations currently existing from the stop station to the end station is less than 13, that is, when the end station is approaching to some extent, the random selection mode is selected. Process A, terminal station direction selection mode process A, terminal station shortest selection mode process A or terminal station stoppable selection mode process A are executed. Further, when it is determined in the determination process of step S69 that the number of dice used in the train movement game is less than 3, that is, when the train can be moved only for a short distance, the random selection mode process A, the final station The process of the direction selection mode process A, the terminal station shortest selection mode process A, or the terminal station stoppable selection mode process A is executed.

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S69 that the number of dice used in the train movement game is three or more, the halfway stop station selection mode determined in the process in step S52b or S52c in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not it is a mode (first selection mode) for randomly selecting a station that stops halfway (step S70). If it is determined that the determined midway stop station selection mode is a mode of randomly selecting a midway stop station, a subroutine of random selection mode processing B described later is called and executed (step S71), and this subroutine is executed. finish.

  If it is determined in the determination process in step S70 that the determined way stop station selection mode is not a mode in which a way stop station is selected at random, the way stop station determined in step S52b or S52c in FIG. It is determined whether or not the selection mode is a mode (second selection mode) in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a halfway stop station (step S72). If it is determined that the determined halfway stop station selection mode is a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a midway stop station, a subroutine of end station direction selection mode processing B described later is executed. This is called and executed (step S73), and this subroutine is terminated.

  When it is determined in the determination process of step S72 that the determined stop station selection mode is not a mode in which a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station is selected as a stop station, step S52b in FIG. It is determined whether or not the halfway stop station selection mode determined in the process of S52c is a mode (third selection mode) in which the stop station is selected as a halfway stop station so as to be closest to the terminal station (step S74). . Even when it is determined that the determined halfway stop station selection mode is a mode in which a stop station is selected as a halfway stop station so as to be closest to the end station, the above-described end station direction selection mode process B subroutine is called. This is executed (step S73), and this subroutine is terminated.

  When it is determined in the determination process of step S72 that the determined stop station selection mode is not a mode in which the stop station is selected as a stop station so as to be closest to the end station, the end station itself is determined as a stop station. In order to execute the selection mode (fourth selection mode), a subroutine of the terminal station stoppable selection mode process B described later is called and executed (step S75), and this subroutine is terminated.

  As described above, in the determination process in step S61, the number of stop stations currently existing from the stop station to the end station is 13 or more, and in the determination process in step S69, the number of dice used in the train moving game is determined. When it is determined that there are three or more, that is, when the distance from the current stop station to the end station is somewhat far and there is a possibility that the train can be moved a long distance, the random selection mode process B, the end station The process of the direction selection mode process B or the terminal station stoppable selection mode process B is executed. In this case, there is no process corresponding to the terminal station shortest selection mode process A.

<Random selection mode processing A>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the random selection mode process A that is called and executed in the process of step S63 of FIG. 7 described above.

  First, with reference to route data, route information of all routes starting from the currently stopped station is read (step S81).

  The route data described above is data in which all of the routes that can be selected starting from each of the 521 stop stations are stored in advance. In the present embodiment, the route data is obtained by counting each of the 521 stop stations as the starting point and storing the route up to the 12th stop station. This route data is also stored in advance in storage means (not shown) of the sub-control means 200.

  FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the route data described above in a table format.

  FIG. 22A is a table showing an overview of the entire route data. The first column of the table of FIG. 22A is the stop station identification number of 521 stop stations, which is the same as that shown in the first column of the table of FIG. Furthermore, the 2nd column of the table | surface of Fig.22 (a) is the route data corresponding to each of these 521 stop stations. In the second column of FIG. 22A, only the total number of routes that can be selected at each stop station is shown for simplification. Hereinafter, the total number of routes that can be selected at each stop station is referred to as the number of routes.

  FIG. 22B shows a specific data structure of the route data in the second column in FIG. 22A described above. As shown in FIG. 22B, when each of the route data has n routes, the storage area for storing the route number n and specific route information for the route number n are provided. And a storage area for storing.

  For example, in the case of a stop station (Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1, as will be described later, there are 23 routes, so the storage area for “number of routes n” in FIG. The numerical value “23” is stored. Further, in the case of the stop station (Wakkanai) having the stop station identification number 1, the storage areas for storing specific route information for 23 routes are “first route information” to “23rd route information”. Consists of. Specific route information is stored in each of these “first route information” to “23rd route information”.

As described above, in the case of the stop station (Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1, there are 23 routes. Using the stop stations that make up the route, 23 routes are shown as follows. In addition, the path | route shown below was represented using the stop station identification number of a stop station.
(1) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 20
(2) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 9
(3) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29
(4) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 48 → 49
(5) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 35
(6) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 26
(7) 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6
(8) 1 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 4 → 3
(9) 1 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13
(10) 1 → 5 → 6 → 7 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27
(11) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 20 → 19 → 40 → 41
(12) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 20 → 19 → 40 → 51
(13) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 20 → 19 → 40 → 39
(14) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 9
(15) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29 → 38 → 49 → 50
(16) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29 → 38 → 49 → 48
(17) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 48 → 49 → 50 → 39 → 40
(18) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 48 → 49 → 38 → 29 → 30
(19) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 35 → 45 → 46 → 47
(20) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 35 → 45 → 53 → 52
(21) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 35 → 25 → 24 → 23
(22) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 35 → 25 → 24 → 17
(23) 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 → 37 → 36 → 26

  Hereinafter, these 23 routes are represented as route (1) to route (23). For example, in the route (1) described above, the 12th stop station counted from the stop station (Wakkanai) with the stop station identification number 1 is the stop station with the stop station identification number 20. The route (1) is a route from the stop station with the stop station identification number 1 (Wakkanai) to the stop station with the stop station identification number 20. The same applies to the other routes (2) to (23). When the stop station (Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1 is counted as the starting point, and the stop station at the end, for example, the stop station with stop station identification number 9, is reached before reaching 12 Is the route to the last stop station. The route (14) and the route (23) described above correspond to this case. In the case of the stop station (Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1, each storage area of “first route information” to “23rd route information” in FIG. The route information shown in (23) is stored.

  In the above-described example, the route information is configured by the stop station identification numbers of the stop stations constituting the route. However, the route information may be configured by vector data indicating the direction to the adjacent stop station. By doing so, the storage area for storing the route information can be reduced. For example, the right path “→” is 2-bit data “00”, the downward path “→” is “01” 2-bit data, and the left path “→” is 2-bit data “10”. And the upward route “→” is set to 2-bit data of “11”, so that the direction of the stop station located adjacent to the vector is only “00”, “01”, “10” or “11”. The storage area required to store the route information can be reduced.

  When the current stop station of the train is the stop station having the stop station identification number 1, the process of step S81 described above reads all the stop station identification numbers that constitute the routes (1) to (23) described above. It is processing.

  After executing the process of step S81, a stoptable station table is generated for each route from the route information read in the process of step S81 (step S82). Since the stoptable station table is generated for each route, one stopable station table is generated for one route. Each stoppable station table includes 12 storage areas. In these 12 storage areas, stop station identification numbers of stop stations constituting the route are stored one by one as stoppable stations in the order indicated by the route.

  An example of the stoppable station table generated by the process of step S82 described above is shown in FIG.

  The example shown in FIG. 24A is a stoppable station when the stop station with stop station identification number 1 is the starting point. As shown in FIG. 24A, one stopable station table is composed of 12 storage areas. In the example shown in FIG. 24A, the 12 storage areas are divided into two stages, but from the left end of the upper stage to the right end, the first storage area to the sixth storage area, From the lower left end to the right end, the seventh storage area is the twelfth storage area.

  As described above, one stoptable station table is generated for one route. For this reason, when the stop station with stop station identification number 1 is set as the starting point, there are routes (1) to (23). Therefore, as shown in FIG. Generated. In the 12 storage areas of the stoptable station table of the route (1) in FIG. 24A, stop station identification numbers of the stop stations constituting the route (1) are stored in the order indicating the routes. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 24A, the stoptable station table of the route (1) is 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15 in order. , 16, 20 are stored. By reading this numerical value, it is possible to obtain the stop station identification number of the stop station constituting the route (1). Similarly for the route (23), the numerical values shown in the stoptable station table of the route (23) in FIG. 24 (a) are the stop station identification numbers of the stop stations constituting the route (23) described above. In addition, a route (2)-a route (22) are produced | generated similarly, and in FIG. 24 (a), about the stoptable station table of a route (2)-a route (22), it abbreviate | omitted and showed.

  After executing the process of step S82 described above, it is determined whether or not the special combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery unit 120 of the main control unit 100 (step S83). When it is determined that the special role has not been won, the prohibited items in the stop prohibited item data are read, and for all stoppable station tables, out of the 12 storage areas of the stoppable station table, the prohibited items The stoppable station in the storage area at the position indicated by the numerical value is deleted (step S84).

  The above-described prohibited outcome is an outcome that prohibits being displayed as a dice outcome, and the stop prohibited outcome data is data that stores this prohibited outcome.

  FIGS. 23A to 23D are tables showing an outline of stop prohibition outcome data. FIG. 23 (a) shows stop prohibition outcome data for storing the prohibition outcome for the stop station with stop station identification number 1. Similarly, FIG. 23 (b) shows the stop station with stop station identification number 2. FIG. 23C shows a stop station having a stop station identification number 520, and FIG. 23D shows a stop station having a stop station identification number 521. As described above, there are 512 stop prohibition outcome data, which are determined for each of 512 stop stations. Of the 512 stop prohibition outcome data, the data corresponding to the current stop station of the train is used. Each of the stop prohibition outcome data has 25 storage areas, and the prohibition outcome for each of the 25 terminal stations is stored.

  As described above, the prohibited outcome is an outcome that prohibits display as a dice outcome. As will be described in detail later, when the train is advanced from the current stop station, a stop station (stop station on the way) to which the train is advanced is determined. Forbidden items are data used to prevent a specific terminal station from being selected as the stop station to which the train is to be advanced when processing to determine the stop station to which the train is to be processed from another viewpoint. It is. That is, even if you do not want to advance the train to a specific end station, if the dice that shows the end station is displayed as a dice roll, you must go to the end station. Such inconvenience can be prevented by using the prohibited outcome data. In this way, the prohibited outcome is used so that the specific terminal station is not selected, and the prohibited outcome is not displayed as a dice outcome so as not to conflict with the result of the stop station selection process. It is used for.

  Contrary to the case described above, it is also possible to use a specific terminal station when selecting a stop station to which the train is to be advanced. In other words, when a train is to be advanced to a specific terminal station, it is used so that the specific terminal station is selected, and in order not to contradict the result of the selection process of this terminal station, the prohibited item is a dice item. It can also be used to be displayed as For this reason, as described above, the prohibition outcomes for each of the 25 terminal stations are stored in each stop prohibition outcome data.

  By using this prohibition outcome data, it is possible to perform a train movement game according to the progress and result of the unit game as an effect.

  Hereinafter, the stop prohibition outcome data will be described more specifically. In this description, the one shown in FIG. The stop prohibition outcome data shown in FIG. 23A stores the prohibition outcome for the stop station with stop station identification number 1. Data of “40”, “20”, and “58” are stored in the storage area of the terminal station 1 of the stop prohibition start data shown in FIG. The data “40”, “20”, and “58” are shown in the hexadecimal system, and when converted to the binary system, the data becomes as shown in the second row of FIG. In FIG. 23 (e), the first row is indicated with “H” in order to clarify that “40”, “20”, and “58” are hexadecimal. In the table shown in FIG. 23E, “40”, “20”, and “58” are arranged in this order from the right. “40” is “01000000” in binary notation, “20” is “00100000” in binary notation, and “58” is “0101000” in binary notation. It is. “40”, “20”, and “58” expressed in the binary system are data combined with “0” and “1” of “010111000000001000000” as a whole. By viewing this data one by one in the order from the right end, a prohibited outcome can be obtained. That is, only the seventh, fourteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, and twenty-third from the right end are numerical values “1”, and the others are numerical values “0”. In this case, the prohibited items are “7”, “14”, “20”, “21”, and “23”.

  As described above, when the specific stop station is not selected as the stop station to which the train is to be advanced, the above-mentioned “7”, “14”, “20”, “21” and “23” are displayed. Avoid eyes. On the other hand, when a specific terminal station is selected as the stop station to which the train is to be advanced, “7”, “14”, “20”, “21” or “23” is the outcome. To do.

  Hereinafter, the reason why “7”, “14”, “20”, “21”, or “23” is a prohibited item will be described. As described above, the stop prohibition outcome data shown in FIG. 23A is obtained when the current stop station of the train is the stop station (Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1. Furthermore, the data of the terminal station 1 at this time is such that the terminal station 1 is not selected or is selected when the train is advanced from there when the train is at the stop station of the stop station identification number 1. It is what is used. That is, in this case, the data is used to prevent the train from returning to the original stop station or to return.

  Referring to FIG. 18, the route of 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 is one of the routes returning to the stop station of the original stop station identification number 1 in the order of the stop station identification numbers. The seventh stop station becomes the stop station with the original stop station identification number 1. Therefore, “7” is set as prohibited item data. In addition, the original stop station identification number 1 after two laps, such as 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 You may return to the stop station. In this case, the 14th stop station becomes the stop station of the original stop station identification number 1, and “14” is set as the prohibited item data. Further, the route of 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 5 → 1 Thus, there are cases in which the vehicle returns to the stop station with the original stop station identification number 1 after three laps. In this case, the 21st stop station becomes the stop station of the original stop station identification number 1, and “21” is set as the prohibited item data. Furthermore, in the route of 1 → 5 → 6-8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29 → 38 → 49 → 48 → 37 → 28 → 27 → 12 → 8 → 6 → 5 → 1 The stop station becomes the stop station of the original stop station identification number 1, and “20” is set as the prohibited item data. Furthermore, 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 18 → 30 → 29 → 38 → 49 → 48 → 37 → 28 → 27 → 12 → 8 → 6 → 5 → 1 In the route, the 23rd stop station becomes the stop station of the original stop station identification number 1, and “23” is set as the prohibited item data.

  Thus, if you do not want to return to the stop station with the original stop station identification number 1, you can set "7", "14", "20", "21" or "23" It can be made consistent with the result of the selection process. Conversely, if you want to return to the stop station with the original stop station identification number 1, select "7", "14", "20", "21" or "23" It can be made consistent with the processing results.

  The process of step S84 described above reads out such forbidden points, out of the 12 storage areas of the stoppable station table, the stoppable stations stored in the storage area at the position indicated by the numerical value of the forbidden items. It is a process to erase. In the case of the above-described example, the prohibited items are “7”, “14”, “20”, “21”, and “23”, so out of the 12 storage areas of the stoppable station table, 7 Delete the stoppable station stored in the second storage area. By doing so, the train can be prevented from reaching the terminal station when the special role is not won. In the present embodiment, the storage area of the stoppable station table is 12, so in the case of the above-described example, “14”, “20”, “21”, and “23” are prohibited items. There is no storage area corresponding to.

  The above-described prohibited outcome data corresponds to “reach permission information”. By executing the processing of steps S84 and S87 described above, “the movement distance is changed from the current stop point to the stop point based on the arrival permission information stored in the arrival permission information storage unit”. It can be “the reach distance to the point”.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process in step S83 that the special combination is won, the process in step S84 is not executed. In this way, when the special role is won, the train may reach the terminal station. Because this process is performed, if an effect that the train arrives at the terminal station is performed, the special role is won, and the effect that the train arrives at the terminal station is won. Can be notified to the player.

  In the process described above, in the process of step S82, the stop station identification numbers of the stop stations constituting the route are stored as stoppable stations in each of the 12 storage areas of the stoppable station table. In the process of S84, the stoppable station in the storage area corresponding to the numerical value of the prohibition is deleted, but when the stop station identification number is stored in each of the 12 storage areas of the stoppable station table. The stop station identification number may not be stored in the storage area corresponding to the numerical value of the prohibition.

  When it is determined that the special role is won in the determination process of step S83 described above, or when the process of step S84 is executed, the stoppable station stored in the stoppable station table generated in the process of step S82 is stored. Among these, the station having the station function determined in the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 is selected as a stop candidate station (step S85). For example, when the blue station is determined in the process of step S53 of FIG. 6, only the blue station is selected by the process of step S85.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 24B, only the blue station is selected. In addition, FIG.24 (b) is a stoptable station table when the stop station of the stop station identification number 1 is made the starting point similarly to Fig.24 (a). Further, as shown in FIG. 24 (b), the stoppable stations other than the blue station not selected in the process of step S85 are indicated by hatching the cells of the stoppable station table. Through the process of step S85, a stoppable station with stop station identification number 13 is selected as a stop candidate station on route (1), and stoppable stations with stop station identification numbers 28 and 36 are selected on route (23). Selected. The stoppable station selected by the process of step S85 is a stop candidate station.

  Next, in the process of step S85, one stop candidate station is randomly selected as a halfway stop station among the selected stop candidate stations (step S86). In the example shown in FIG. 24B, stop candidate stations such as the stop candidate station of the stop station identification number 13 of the route (1) and the stop candidate stations of the stop station identification numbers 28 and 36 of the route (23). One of them is selected at random, and the selected one stop candidate station becomes a stop station on the way. In the process of step S85, a random number is generated, and one stop candidate station is selected based on the value of the random number.

  As described above, when it is determined in the process of step S84 that the special role is not won, the stoppable station in the storage area corresponding to the numerical value of the prohibited item has already been deleted, so the stoppable station Is not considered as a stop candidate station, and even if it is selected at random, a stoppable station in the storage area corresponding to the numerical value of the prohibited outcome is not selected.

  Next, the number of moving stations from the currently stopped station to the halfway stopped station is counted, and the counted value is stored as the sum of the dice rolls to be displayed (step S87), and this subroutine is terminated. The number of moving stations is counted along the route to which the stop station belongs. That is, counting is performed until the stop station is reached halfway along the route to which the stop station is located, with the stop station adjacent to the currently stop station as a starting point for counting.

  For example, when the stop candidate station with the stop station identification number 28 on the route (23) is selected as a halfway stop station by the process of step S86, the route to which the halfway stop station belongs is the route (23). In this route (23), the station adjacent to the current stop station with stop station identification number 1 is the stop station with stop station identification number 5. The stop station with the stop station identification number 5 is counted as the starting point, that is, the stop station with the stop station identification number 28 is counted as the first stop station. The counted value is the number of moving stations. In the case of the above-mentioned example, the route (23) is 1 → 5 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 27 → 28 →... This is the sixth stop station, and the number of moving stations is six. This 6 is the total sum of the dice that display. In the process to be described later, when the dice are stopped and the dice output is displayed, the dice is displayed so that the total sum of the dice becomes 6 which is the number of moving stations.

  As mentioned above, by using prohibited outcome data, it is possible to prevent the train from reaching the terminal station when it is not elected to the special role, and to reach the terminal station when the special role is elected. You can make it. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role has been won by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

<End station direction selection mode processing A>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection mode process A that is called and executed in the process of step S65 of FIG. 7 described above. In addition, about the step which performs the process similar to the random selection mode process A shown in FIG. 8, the same step number was attached | subjected.

  First, with reference to route data, route information of all routes starting from the currently stopped station is read (step S81). Next, a stoptable station table is generated for each route with all the stop stations constituting the read route information as stoppable stations (step S82). Next, out of the stoppable stations stored in the generated stoppable station table, the station having the station function determined by the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 described above is selected as a stop candidate station (step S85).

  The processing of these steps S81 to S85 is the same as the processing of the random selection mode processing A described above. That is, when the stop station (stop Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1 is the current stop station, the stoppable station table shown in FIG. 24A is generated by executing the processing of steps S81 and S82. Is done. Furthermore, when the yellow station is determined in step S53 in FIG. 6, only the yellow station is selected by executing the process in step S85. By this processing, as shown in FIG. 24C, only the yellow station is selected. FIG. 24C is also a stoppable station table when the stop station with stop station identification number 1 is the starting point. As shown in FIG. 24C, stoppable stations other than the yellow station not selected in the process of step S85 are indicated by hatching the cells of the stoppable station table. Through the process of step S85, stoppable stations with stop station identification numbers 2, 4, 16 and 20 are selected as stop candidate stations on the route (1), and stop selected as stop candidate stations on the route (23). There is no possible station. The stoppable station selected by the process of step S85 is a stop candidate station.

  After executing the processes of steps S81 to S85 described above, the number of moving stations from the current stop station to the end station is obtained by referring to the shortest station number data (step S91). Hereinafter, the number of moving stations obtained by this process is referred to as the first number of moving stations.

  The shortest station number data described above is composed of a value obtained by adding 1 to the number of stop stations existing between the two stop stations when two predetermined stop stations are connected by the shortest route. . In this embodiment, for all 521 stop stations, two stop stations different from each other are combined, the two stop stations are connected by the shortest route, and the number of stop stations existing between the two stop stations. It consists of the value which added 1 to. Hereinafter, this value is referred to as the shortest station number. The shortest station number data is also stored in advance in storage means (not shown) of the sub-control means 200.

  FIG. 21 is a table showing an example of the shortest station number data. In the horizontal direction of the table shown in FIG. 21, 521 stop stations are shown as the first stop station of the two stop stations, and the vertical direction of the table shows the two stop stations. As the second stop station, 521 stop stations are shown. The value of the cell where the column indicating the first stop station and the row indicating the second stop station intersect in this table is the shortest station number. For example, as shown in this table, when the current stop station is the stop station with stop station identification number 5 and the midway stop station is the stop station with stop station identification number 2, the shortest station number is two. As shown in FIG. 18, in the shortest route connecting the stop station with stop station identification number 5 and the stop station with stop station identification number 2, the stop station existing between them is 1 stop station with stop station identification number 1. Therefore, if 1 is added to this, it becomes 2, which is the same as the shortest station number obtained from the shortest station number data.

  The process of step S91 mentioned above is a process which calculates the 1st moving station number from a present stop station to a terminal station by using this shortest station number data. In this process, the shortest station from the current stop station to the end station is referred to by referring to the shortest station number data with the first stop station of the shortest station number data as the current stop station and the second stop station as the end station. The number is obtained, and this is the first moving station number.

  Next, with reference to the shortest station number data, the number of moving stations from the stop candidate station to the end station is obtained for all stop candidate stations (step S92). Hereinafter, the number of moving stations obtained by this process is referred to as the second number of moving stations. The process of step S92 can also be performed in the same manner as the process of step S92 described above.

  For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 24C, as described above, four stoppable stations with stop station identification numbers 2, 4, 16, and 20 are selected as stop candidate stations. Therefore, in this example, the number of moving stations from the stop candidate station of stop station identification number 2 to the end station, the number of mobile stations from stop candidate station of stop station identification number 4 to the end station, and stop station identification Refer to the shortest station number data for the number of four moving stations, the number of moving stations from the stop candidate station of number 16 to the terminal station and the number of moving stations from stop candidate station of stop station identification number 20 to the terminal station. Can be obtained at In this example, since there are four stop candidate stations, there are four second mobile station numbers corresponding to these four stop candidate stations. Here, each of these four second mobile station numbers is designated as the second mobile station number (1), the second mobile station number (2), the second mobile station number (3), and the second mobile station number ( 4).

  After executing the process of step S92, it is determined whether there is a stop candidate station in which the second moving station number is larger than the first moving station number (step S93). In the case of the above-described example, there are four stop candidate stations with stop station identification numbers 2, 4, 16, and 20, and therefore, the process of step S93 includes four second movements corresponding to these four stop candidate stations. This is a process of determining whether there is a station number (1) to (4) that is larger than the first moving station number.

  When it is determined by the determination process in step S93 that there is a stop candidate station having a second moving station number larger than the first moving station number, the stop candidate station is deleted from the stoppable station table (step S94). In the above-described example, if the number of second moving stations (3) corresponding to the stop candidate station of stop station identification number 16 among the four stop candidate stations is larger than the first number of moving stations, this stop station The stop candidate station with the identification number 16 is deleted from the stoptable station table.

  By performing the processes of steps S93 and S94 described above, it is possible to select only stop candidate stations that are not farther from the end station than the current stop station, that is, only stop candidate stations that are closer to the end station than the current stop station. it can.

  If there are a plurality of stop candidate stations after executing the process of step S94, one stop candidate station is selected at random, and it is set as a halfway stop station (step S95). In the example described above, since the stop candidate station having the stop station identification number 16 has been deleted in the processes of steps S93 and S94, one stop candidate station is selected from the three stop candidate stations having the stop station identification numbers 2, 4, and 20. Randomly select to make the station stop halfway. In addition, when there is only one stop candidate station by the process of step S93 and S94 mentioned above, the stop candidate station is made into a stop station on the way.

  After executing the process of step S95, the same process as step S87 of FIG. 8 is executed, and this subroutine is terminated.

  By executing the end station direction selection mode process A, a stop station that is closer to the end station than the current stop station can be selected as an intermediate stop station.

  Even in the case of this terminal station direction selection mode process A, since the processes of steps S83 and S84 are executed, the train is not allowed to reach the terminal station when the special role is not won using the prohibited outcome data. If you are elected for a special role, you can make the train reach the end station. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role has been won by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

<End station shortest selection mode processing A>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the terminal station shortest selection mode process A called and executed in the process of step S67 of FIG. 7 described above. In addition, the same step number was attached | subjected about the step which performs the process similar to the random selection mode process A shown in FIG. 8, and the terminal station direction selection mode process A shown in FIG.

  First, with reference to route data, route information of all routes starting from the currently stopped station is read (step S81). Next, a stoptable station table is generated for each route with all the stop stations constituting the read route information as stoppable stations (step S82). Next, out of the stoppable stations stored in the generated stoppable station table, the station having the station function determined by the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 described above is selected as a stop candidate station (step S85).

  The processing of these steps S81 to S85 is the same as the processing of the random selection mode processing A described above. That is, when the stop station (stop Wakkanai) with stop station identification number 1 is the current stop station, the stoppable station table shown in FIG. 24A is generated by executing the processing of steps S81 and S82. Is done. Furthermore, if the normal station is determined in step S53 in FIG. 6, only the normal station is selected by executing the process in step S85. By this processing, as shown in FIG. 24 (d), only the normal station is selected. FIG. 24D is also a stoppable station table when the stop station with stop station identification number 1 is the starting point. As shown in FIG. 24D, the stoppable station tables other than the normal station that are not selected in the process of step S85 are indicated by hatching the cells of the stoppable station table. By the process of step S85, the stoppable station with the stop station identification numbers 12, 14, and 15 is selected as the stop candidate station on the route (1), and the stop station identification numbers 12 and 27 on the route (23). A stoppable station is selected as a stop candidate station. The stoppable station selected by the process of step S85 is a stop candidate station.

  After executing the processes of steps S81 to S85 described above, the stoppable station table generated for each route is referred to by the process of step S82, and for each of the routes, the stoppable stations constituting the route are set one by one. While proceeding, refer to the shortest station number data, obtain the number of moving stations between the stoppable station and the terminal station, determine whether the number of obtained moving stations will decrease one by one, If the route is one in which the number of moving stations decreases by one, the route is selected as the shortest route (step S101).

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 24D, there are 23 routes (1) to (23). For each of these 23 routes, the number of moving stations between the stoppable station and the end station is obtained by referring to the shortest station number data while advancing the stoppable stations constituting the route one by one. Specifically, in the case of route (1), route (1) uses the stop station identification number, 2 → 3 → 4 → 7 → 6 → 8 → 12 → 13 → 14 → 15 → 16 → 20. In this case, referring to the shortest station number data, first, the number of moving stations between the stoppable station with the stop station identification number 1 and the stop station, and then the stoppable station with the stop station identification number 2 and the end station. Next, the number of moving stations between the stoppable station with stop station identification number 3 and the stop station, and then the number of mobile stations between the stoppable station with stop station identification number 7 and the end station. As described above, the number of moving stations between the stoppable station and the end station is obtained in the order of stoppable stations 2 →... → 20 constituting the route (1). It is determined whether or not the number of moving stations decreases by one as those stoppable stations advance by one. That is, “the number of moving stations between the stoppable station with stop station identification number 2 and the stop station is one smaller than the number of transfer stations between the stoppable station with stop station identification number 1 and the stop station”, and “stop The number of moving stations between the stoppable station with station identification number 3 and the stop station is smaller than the number of transferable stations between the stoppable station with stop station identification number 2 and the stop station. → As the process proceeds in the order of 20, it is determined whether or not the number of moving stations decreases by one. If this route (1) is a route in which the number of moving stations decreases by one, the route (1) is selected. If the route (1) is not a route in which the number of moving stations decreases by one, next, the same processing is performed for the route (2), and the route (1) to the route (23) are determined.

  By executing the processing in step S101 described above, the shortest route can be selected from the routes from the current stop station to the end station. After executing the process of step S101, a stop station on the way is selected from the stop candidate stations selected in the process of step S85 among the stoppable stations constituting the route selected as the shortest route (step S102). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 24 (d), when the route (1) is the shortest route, three stop stations with stop station identification numbers 12, 14, or 15 which are stop candidate stations of the route (1) are displayed. Any one of the candidate stations is selected at random, and is set as a stop station on the way.

  After executing the process of step S102, the same process as step S87 of FIG. 8 is executed, and this subroutine is terminated.

  By executing the process of the terminal station shortest selection mode process A, it is possible to select the stop station existing on the shortest route among the routes from the current stop station to the stop station as the midway stop station. By performing this process, it is possible to increase the possibility of approaching the final stop station from the current stop station.

  Even in the case of the terminal station shortest selection mode process A, since the processes of steps S83 and S84 are executed, the train does not reach the terminal station when the special role is not won using the prohibited outcome data. If you are elected for a special role, you can make the train reach the end station. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role has been won by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

<End station stop possible selection mode processing A>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the terminal station stoppable selection mode process A that is called and executed in the process of step S68 of FIG. 7 described above. In addition, the same step number was attached | subjected about the step which performs the process similar to the random selection mode process A etc. which were shown in FIG.

  First, with reference to route data, route information of all routes starting from the currently stopped station is read (step S81). Next, a stoptable station table is generated for each route with all the stop stations constituting the read route information as stoppable stations (step S82).

  The processing of these steps S81 and S82 is the same as the processing of the random selection mode processing A described above. By executing the processes in steps S81 and S82, a stoppable station table similar to the stoppable station table shown in FIG. 24A is generated.

  After performing the process of step S82, it is determined whether or not there is a terminal station at the stoppable station stored in the generated stoppable station table (step S111). When it is determined that there is an end station at the stoppable station, stop prohibition outcome data is read out, the prohibition outcome is selected and stored (step S112), and this subroutine is terminated. The stop prohibition outcome data used in step S112 corresponds to “reach permission information”.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no stop station at the stoppable station, one of the stoppable stations is selected at random, and this is set as a halfway stop station (step S113), and the same processing as step S87 in FIG. To complete this subroutine.

  By executing the end station stoppable selection mode process A, if there is an end station at the stoppable station, the train can immediately reach the end station. As described above, when the special station combination is won by the unit game combination lottery process when the stop station selection mode is determined in the process of step S52b or S52c in FIG. 6, this terminal station stopable selection mode process A Since the processing is performed so as to determine the stop station selection mode including the train station, the train can reach the terminal station when a special role is won.

  In addition, when there is an end station at the stoppable station by the processing in steps S111 and S112 described above, the forbidden outcome is selected, so the train can reach the end station. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role may have been won by the role lottery process by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

  By performing the process of step S112 described above, “a movement that allows the character to travel along the movement path from the current stop point based on the arrival permission information stored in the arrival permission information storage unit”. The distance can be determined as an arrival distance from the current stop point to the end point ".

  In the subroutine shown in FIG. 11 described above, the process of selecting the station function having the station function determined in the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 is not performed as in the process of step S85 of FIGS. As described above, since the process of selecting the station function is not performed, when the special role is won, the train can be made to immediately reach the terminal station.

  Further, as described above, the processing of FIGS. 8 to 11 is processing that is executed when the train is approaching to the terminal station to some extent or when the train can move only a short distance, and the range in which the moving distance is short You can finely control the movement of the train within.

<Random selection mode processing B>
FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the random selection mode process B that is called and executed in the process of step S71 of FIG. 7 described above.

  First, with reference to the shortest station number data shown in FIG. 21, a current stop station shortest station number table from the current stop station to the stop station is generated (step S121). The currently stopped station shortest station number table is composed of 521 storage areas. In this current stop station shortest station number table, when the current stop station is the starting point, the shortest station number until reaching another 520 stop stations is stored. As described above, the shortest station number is obtained by referring to the shortest station number data.

  FIG. 25 shows one example of the currently stopped station shortest station number table. The current stop station shortest station number table shown in FIG. 25 is generated by executing the process of step S121 when the current stop station is the stop station with stop station identification number 1. In the table shown in FIG. 25, the first row (horizontal direction) of the table stores the shortest number of stations until the stop station with stop station identification numbers 1 to 10 is stored, and the second row (horizontal direction) is The shortest number of stations until the stop station with the stop station identification numbers 11 to 20 is stored, and the shortest station number until the stop station with the stop station identification number 521 is stored in the same manner. As described above, when the currently stopped station shortest station number table shown in FIG. 25 is generated, the shortest station number data shown in FIG. 21 is referred to. Assuming that the first stop station shown in FIG. 21 is the stop station with stop station identification number 1, by reading the cell values of all the shortest station number data of the second stop station corresponding thereto, A stop station shortest station number table can be generated.

  After performing the process of step S121 described above, it is determined whether or not the special combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery unit 120 of the main control unit 100 (step S122). When it is determined that the special role has not been won, the prohibition of the stop prohibition output data is read, and the numerical value of the prohibition out of the storage area of the current stop station shortest station number table 512 generated in step S121. Is deleted (step S123). This process is the same as the process shown in step S84 of FIGS.

  For example, as in the above-described example, when the prohibited items are “7”, “14”, “20”, “21”, and “23”, “7” in the currently stopped station shortest station number table. , “14”, “20”, “21” and “23” are erased from the storage area. In the example shown in FIG. 25, the storage areas 14, 17, and 36 in which the numerical value “7” is stored, and the storage areas 9, 31, 32, 42, 54, and 64 in which the numerical value “14” are stored, Storage areas 66, 90, 125 in which the numerical value “20” is stored, storage areas 67, 98, 184 in which the numerical value “21” is stored, and storage areas 71, 107 in which the numerical value “23” is stored , 198 and delete.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in the determination process in step S122 that the special combination is won, the process in step S123 is not executed. In this way, when the special role is won, the train may reach the terminal station. Because this process is performed, if an effect that the train arrives at the terminal station is performed, the special role is won, and the effect that the train arrives at the terminal station is won. Can be notified to the player.

  Next, the maximum number of movable stations is determined according to the number of dice determined in step S51 of FIG. 6 (step S124). For example, when the number of dice determined in the process of step S51 is 1, the maximum number of movable stations is set to 6, and when the determined number of dice is 3, the maximum movement The number of possible stations is 18.

  Next, out of the shortest station numbers stored in the current stop station shortest station number table generated in step S121, select a stop station that is equal to or less than the maximum movable station number determined in step S124 and stop it. A possible station is set (step S125). For example, when the number of dice is determined to be 4 in the process of step S124, the maximum number of movable stations is 24. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. A station is selected, and the selected stop station is set as a stoppable station. In FIG. 25, a stop station having a maximum movable station number greater than 24 is shown with hatching in order to clarify that the stop station is not selected.

  Next, out of the stoppable stations selected by the process of step S125, those having the station function determined by the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 described above are selected as stop candidate stations (step S126). For example, if the blue station is determined in step S53 in FIG. 6, only the blue station is selected in step S126. Note that the processing in step S126 is similar to the processing in step S85 shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, one of the stop candidate stations selected by the process of step S126 is selected at random, and the selected one stop candidate station is set as a halfway stop station (step S127). If only one stop candidate station has already been selected by the processing in step S126 described above, the stop candidate station is immediately set as a halfway stop station.

  Next, in the process of step S127, the number of moving stations of the stop station selected as a stop station on the way is read from the current stop station shortest station number table generated in step S121, and the dice roll that displays this is displayed. The total is stored (step S128), and this subroutine is terminated.

  By processing in this way, one of the stop stations having the number of movements included in the determined number of dice can be selected at random.

  As mentioned above, by using prohibited outcome data, it is possible to prevent the train from reaching the terminal station when it is not elected to the special role, and to reach the terminal station when the special role is elected. You can make it. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role has been won by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

  By executing the processing of steps S123 and S128 described above, “the movement distance is changed from the current stop point to the stop point based on the arrival permission information stored in the arrival permission information storage unit”. It can be “the reach distance to the point”.

<End station direction selection mode processing B>
FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection mode process B that is called and executed in the process of step S73 of FIG. 7 described above. In addition, about the step which performs the process similar to the random selection mode process B shown in FIG. 12, the same step number was attached | subjected.

  First, with reference to the shortest station number data shown in FIG. 21, a current stop station shortest station number table from the current stop station to the stop station is generated (step S121). Next, it is determined whether or not the special combination is won by the lottery process of the combination lottery unit 120 of the main control unit 100 (step S122). When it is determined that the special role has not been won, the prohibition of the stop prohibition output data is read, and the numerical value of the prohibition out of the storage area of the current stop station shortest station number table 512 generated in step S121. Is deleted (step S123). Next, the maximum number of movable stations is determined according to the number of dice determined in step S51 of FIG. 6 (step S124).

  Next, out of the shortest stations stored in the currently stopped station shortest station number table generated in step S121, a stop station that is equal to or less than the maximum number of movable stations determined in the process of step S124 is selected and stopped. A possible station is set (step S125). Next, of the selected stoppable stations, the station having the station function determined by the process of step S53 of FIG. 6 described above is selected as a stop candidate station (step S126).

  The processing in these steps S121 to S126 is the same as the processing in the random selection mode processing B described above. By executing these processes, the current stop station shortest station number table shown in FIG. 25 is generated, and stop candidate stations are selected.

  After executing the process of step S126, referring to the shortest station number data, the shortest number of stations from the current stop station to one of the stop candidate stations and the shortest station from the stop candidate station to the end station A station whose sum with the number of stations is equal to the shortest number of stations from the current stop station to the end station is selected as a stop station (step S131).

  Specifically, in the process of step S131, first, the shortest station number from the current stop station to one stop candidate station among the stop candidate stations is obtained by referring to the shortest station number data in FIG. This shortest station number is defined as the first shortest station number. Next, the shortest station number from the stop candidate station to the final station is obtained by referring to the shortest station number data in FIG. This shortest station number is set as the second shortest station number. Further, by referring to the shortest station number data in FIG. 21, the shortest station number from the current stop station to the end station is obtained. This shortest station number is defined as the third shortest station number. It is determined whether or not the sum of the first shortest station number and the second shortest station number matches the third shortest station number. If they match, the stop candidate station is set as a stop station on the way. Similarly, when the sum of the first shortest station number and the second shortest station number does not match the third shortest station number, another first stop candidate station among the stop candidate stations is similarly the first shortest station. The number, the second shortest station number, and the third shortest station number are obtained, and it is determined whether or not the sum of the first shortest station number and the second shortest station number matches the third shortest station number. By performing these processes for all stop candidate stations, a stop candidate station whose sum of the first shortest station number and the second shortest station number matches the third shortest station number can be selected and selected. The candidate station that has been stopped can be set as a stop station.

  After executing the process of step S131, the number of moving stations of the stop station selected as a stop station on the way is read out from the currently stopped station shortest station number table generated in step S121, and the dice roll displaying this is displayed. The total is stored (step S128), and this subroutine is terminated.

  By executing the subroutine shown in FIG. 13, a stop station existing on the shortest route among a plurality of routes that can be reached from the current stop station to the end station can be selected as the end station. If the distance to the station is long, it can be as close as possible to the end station.

  Even in the case of this end station direction selection mode process B, since the processes of steps S122 and S123 are executed, the train is not allowed to reach the end station when the special role is not won by using the prohibited outcome data. If you are elected for a special role, you can make the train reach the end station. For this reason, it is possible to notify the player that the special role has been won by performing the effect that the train reaches the terminal station.

<End station stop possible selection mode processing B>
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection mode process B that is called and executed in the process of step S75 of FIG. 7 described above. In addition, about the step which performs the process similar to the random selection mode process B shown in FIG. 12, the same step number was attached | subjected.

  First, with reference to the shortest station number data shown in FIG. 21, a current stop station shortest station number table from the current stop station to the stop station is generated (step S121). Next, the maximum number of movable stations is determined according to the number of dice determined in step S51 of FIG. 6 (step S124), and stored in the currently stopped station shortest station number table generated in step S121. Of the shortest number of stations, a stop station that is equal to or less than the maximum number of movable stations determined in the process of step S124 is selected and set as a stoppable station (step S125).

  The processes in steps S121, S124, and S125 are the same as the process in the random selection mode process B described above. By executing these processes, the currently stopped station shortest station number table shown in FIG. 25 is generated, and a stoppable station is selected.

  After executing the process of step S125, it is determined whether there is a terminal station at the stoppable station stored in the generated current stop station shortest station number table (step S141). When it is determined that there is an end station at the stoppable station, the stop prohibition outcome data is read out, selected and stored as the prohibition outcome (step S142), and this subroutine is terminated. The stop prohibition outcome data used in step S142 corresponds to “reach permission information”.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no terminal station at the stoppable station, one of the stoppable stations is selected at random, which is set as a halfway stop station (step S143), and the stop station selected as the halfway stop station Is read from the currently stopped station shortest station number table generated in step S121, stored as the sum of the dice rolls that display this (step S128), and this subroutine is terminated.

  By executing the end station stoppable selection mode process B, if there is an end station at the stoppable station, the train can immediately reach the end station. As described above, when the special station combination is won by the unit game combination lottery process when the stop station selection mode is determined in the process of step S52b or S52c in FIG. Since the processing is performed so as to determine the stop station selection mode including the train station, it is possible to further increase the possibility of the train reaching the terminal station when a special role is won.

  In addition, when there is an end station at the stoppable station by the processing of steps S141 and S142 described above, since the forbidden outcome is selected, the train can reach the end station, and the train is the end station. By performing an effect to reach, it is possible to notify the player that there is a possibility that the special combination has been won by the combination lottery process.

  As described above, the subroutine shown in FIG. 14 does not perform the process of selecting the station function having the station function determined in the process of step S53 of FIG. 6, like the process of step S126 of FIGS. As described above, since the process of selecting the station function is not performed, even when the distance to the terminal station is long, the train can immediately reach the terminal station when the special role is won.

  By executing the processing of step S142 described above, “a movement that allows the character to travel along the movement path from the current stop point based on the arrival permission information stored in the arrival permission information storage unit”. The distance can be determined as an arrival distance from the current stop point to the end point ".

<Train movement game end processing>
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing for ending the train movement game. This subroutine is called and executed by the sub control means 200 at every predetermined timing.

  First, it is determined whether a first stop signal has been received (step S151). The first stop signal is a signal that is issued when any one of the three stop switches 44a, 44b, or 44c is first operated during one unit game. When it is determined that the first stop signal has been issued, an image in which one rotating die is stopped is displayed (step S152), and this subroutine is terminated. When the dice is stopped, an image which is the output stored in step S87 or S112 of the flowchart shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 described above or in step S128 or S142 of the flowchart shown in FIGS. indicate.

  If it is determined in step S151 that the first stop signal has not been issued, it is determined whether a second stop signal has been received (step S153). The second stop signal is a signal that is generated when any one of the three stop switches 44a, 44b, or 44c is operated second during one unit game. When it is determined that the second stop signal has been issued, it is determined whether or not a mode in which a plurality of dice are rotating is displayed (step S154). When it is determined that a mode in which a plurality of dice is rotating is not displayed, that is, when a mode in which one dice is rotating is displayed, a mode in which the process is stopped in the process of step S152 described above. Since this image is displayed, this subroutine is immediately terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that a mode in which a plurality of dice is rotating is displayed, an image of a mode in which all the remaining dice that have been rotated stops is displayed (step S155), and this subroutine is terminated. . When all the dice are stopped, the total sum of the dice of all the dice is the above-described step S87 or S112 of the flowchart shown in FIGS. Display an image that will be stored in step.

  When it is determined that the second stop signal has not been issued in the determination process of step S153 described above, it is determined whether the third stop signal has been received (step S156). The third stop signal is a signal that is issued when any one of the three stop switches 44a, 44b, or 44c is last operated during one unit game. When it is determined that the third stop signal has been received, an image of a mode in which the train moves from the current stop station to the midway stop station is displayed on the image display device 34 (step S157). This intermediate stop station is the above-described step S86 in FIG. 8, step S95 in FIG. 9, step S102 in FIG. 10, step S113 in FIG. 11, step S127 in FIG. 12, step S131 in FIG. 13, or step S143 in FIG. It is a stop station on the way determined by.

  When it is determined in the determination process in step S156 that the third stop signal has been received, or when the process in step S157 is executed, this subroutine is terminated.

  By executing the processing of FIG. 15, an image of a mode in which the rotating dice stops is displayed, and when the dice stops, an image of the outcome determined by the processing of FIGS. 8 to 14 is displayed. Then, an image of a mode in which the train travels from the currently stopped station is displayed on the image display device 34 by the number corresponding to the total sum of the outcomes.

  In the processing shown in FIGS. 6 to 15 described above, the current stop station corresponds to the “current stop point”, the “halfway stop station” corresponds to the “selected stop point”, and the stoppable station or the stop candidate station is Corresponds to “candidate stop point”.

  As described above, when the train movement game is viewed from the player's viewpoint, the train movement game displays the dice image, and the train moves as many times as the number of the dice that are displayed. By repeating the above, the train moves in sequence and ends if it can reach the final station, but the sub-control means 200 is controlled by the subroutine shown in FIGS. 6 to 15 described above.

  In other words, based on the result of the unit game combination lottery process in the main control means 100, a selection mode for selecting a stop station on the way is determined. Next, a halfway stop station is selected according to the determined selection mode, and the number of moving stations corresponding to the selected halfway stop station is displayed as a dice roll. Finally, an image of a mode in which the train proceeds to a stop station on the way is displayed.

  By performing the processing in this way, it is possible to produce a performance that is more relevant to the progress and result of the unit game, and it is possible to prevent the movement of the train from becoming unnatural or deliberate.

<End station change process>
FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing for changing the terminal station. This subroutine is called and executed in step S50 of FIG. 6 described above.

  First, it is determined whether or not the shortest distance to the terminal station is within a predetermined distance (step S191). The shortest distance to the terminal station can be obtained by referring to the shortest station number data shown in FIG. The predetermined distance is a predetermined distance. If it is determined in step S191 that the shortest distance to the terminal station is longer than the predetermined distance, the process proceeds to step S197 described later. On the other hand, when it is determined that the shortest distance to the terminal station is within a predetermined distance, 1 is added to the variable indicating the number of games (step S192). In this way, the variable indicating the number of games is added only when the shortest distance from the current stop station to the end station is within a predetermined distance.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the number of games is a predetermined number or more, for example, 30 or more (step S193). The number of games may be the number of times a unit game controlled by the main control means 100 is performed or the number of times a train movement game controlled by the sub-control means 200 is performed.

  When the number of times a unit game has been played is used as the number of games, when the subroutine shown in FIG. 5 is executed, a lottery result is received and information indicating the number of times a unit game has been received is also received from the main control means 100. do it. Further, when the number of times the train movement game is performed is set as the number of games, the process of determining the terminal station in step S38 of the subroutine shown in FIG. 5 is executed and the number of times the train movement game is performed is counted. Good.

  Note that the initialization of the number of times that the unit game has been performed or the number of times that the unit game has been performed is performed in the process of step S197 described later.

  When it is determined in the above-described determination processing in step S193 that the number of games is less than a predetermined number, for example, less than 30 times, this subroutine is immediately terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the number of games is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, it is determined whether or not the set value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value (step S194). This set value is a value set by the set value setting means 700 described above, and information indicating the set value is sub-control from the main control means 100 when the slot machine 10 is started or restarted. Transmitted to means 200. The sub-control unit 200 stores the setting value when information indicating the setting value is transmitted from the main control unit 100. The determination process in step S194 is a process for determining whether or not the set value stored in the sub-control means 200 is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.

  If it is determined in step S194 that the set value is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the stop station with a short distance from the current end station is selected as the end station (step S196), and the set value is less than the predetermined value. If it is determined that the stop station is a long stop distance from the current end station, the stop station is selected as the end station (step S195).

  In this way, when a stop station close to the current end station is determined as the end station, it is possible to notify the player that the set value is large, and there is a stop station far from the current end station. When the terminal station is determined, the player can be notified that the set value is small.

  When it is determined that the shortest distance to the terminal station is longer than the predetermined distance in the determination process of step S191 described above, when the process of step S195 or S196 is executed, the number of games is initialized (step S197), and this subroutine is terminated. To do. As long as the number of games in step S197 is the same as the number of games determined in step S193, it may be the number of unit games or the number of train movement games.

  By performing the determination process in steps S191 and S193 described above, the game is advanced even if the player approaches the terminal station to some extent and the number of games reaches the predetermined number of times, that is, the player approaches the terminal station to some extent. Even if it is difficult to reach the terminal station, it is possible to change the terminal station. By doing so, it is possible to eliminate the feeling of frustration of the player that it is difficult to reach the terminal station, and to make it difficult for the player to feel bored.

  In addition, as described above, the process of steps S195 and S196 uses the set value to determine whether a nearby stop station is a new stop station or a distant stop station is a new stop station. A notification regarding the set value can be given depending on the distance from the station, and it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation or to continue playing the game.

  Further, in the determination process of step S191, if the distance to the end station is not within the predetermined distance, the number of games is immediately initialized by the process of step S197, so even if the end station is approached temporarily, After that, when leaving the terminal station, the terminal station is not changed and the train moving game is continued as it is. By doing so, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation that the player wants to approach the terminal station again and arrive.

<Continuous production start processing>
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing for starting a continuous effect. This subroutine is called and executed in the process of step S33 of FIG.

  First, it is determined whether or not a table tennis match game has been selected as an effect corresponding to the unit game played last time (step S161).

  If it is determined in step S161 that the table tennis game has been selected, the result of the table tennis game is selected as a continuous performance for continuously playing the table tennis game (step S162), and the teammate character and the enemy are selected. The image in the form of rallying with the character is displayed again (step S163), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S161 that the table tennis game has not been selected, the type of continuous effect and the result of the continuous effect according to the station function of the stop station where the train has stopped in the train movement game. Is selected (step S164).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the effect selected in the process of step S164 is a table tennis battle effect (step S165). When it is determined that the selected effect is a table tennis battle effect, the image of the teammate character and the image of the enemy character are displayed (step S166), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S165 that the effect selected by the process in step S164 is not a table tennis battle effect, it is determined whether or not the selected effect is a shooting effect (step S167). When it is determined that the selected effect is a shooting effect, a shooting image is displayed (step S168), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S167 that the selected effect is not a shooting effect, another continuous effect is started (step S169), and this subroutine is terminated.

<Continuous production end processing>
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of processing for ending the continuous effect. This subroutine is called and executed in the process of step S43 of FIG.

  First, it is determined whether a first stop signal has been received (step S171). The first stop signal is a signal that is issued when any one of the three stop switches 44a, 44b, or 44c is first operated during one unit game. When it is determined that the first stop signal has been issued, it is determined whether or not a table tennis battle effect is being performed (step S172). When it is determined that the table tennis battle effect is being performed, first, an image of the teammate character serving is displayed, and a table tennis match is started, and an image of a rally between the teammate character and the enemy character is displayed. (Step S173), this subroutine is terminated.

  When it is determined in the above-described determination processing in step S172 that the table tennis battle effect is not performed, it is determined whether or not the shooting effect is performed (step S174). When it is determined that the shooting effect is being performed, an image of a mode in which the character is shooting and holding is displayed (step S175), and this subroutine is terminated. On the other hand, when it is determined that the shooting effect is not performed, another continuous effect process is executed (step S176), and this subroutine is terminated.

  Furthermore, when it is determined in the determination process in step S171 described above that the first stop signal has not been issued, it is determined whether or not a third stop signal has been received (step S177). The third stop signal is a signal that is issued when any one of the three stop switches 44a, 44b, or 44c is last operated during one unit game.

  When it is determined that the third stop signal has been received, it is determined whether or not the first table tennis battle effect is being performed (step S178). When it is determined that the first table tennis battle effect is being performed, an image of a mode in which the rally is temporarily interrupted is displayed (step S179), and this subroutine is terminated.

  If it is determined in step S178 that the first table tennis battle effect is not performed, it is determined whether or not the second table tennis battle effect is performed (step S180). When it is determined that the second table tennis battle effect is being performed, an image in a mode corresponding to the result of the continuous effect selected in step S162 in FIG. 16 is displayed (step S181), and this subroutine is terminated. To do.

  If it is determined in step S180 that the second table tennis battle effect has not been performed, it is determined whether a shooting effect is being performed (step S182). When it is determined that the shooting effect is being performed, an image in a mode corresponding to the result of the continuous effect selected in the process of step S164 in FIG. 16 is displayed (step S183), and this subroutine is terminated.

  When it is determined that the shooting effect is not performed in the determination process of step S182 described above, an image in a mode corresponding to the result of the continuous effect selected in the process of step S164 of FIG. 16 is displayed (step S184). This subroutine ends.

  Further, when it is determined in the determination processing in step S177 described above that the third stop signal has not been received, this subroutine is immediately terminated.

<Outline of continuous production>
As described above, there are a plurality of types of effects controlled by the sub-control means 200, and there are a train movement game, a continuous effect, and other effects. Of these, there are continuous effects such as table tennis battle effects, shooting effects, and other continuous effects. The continuous performance is selected according to the result of the train movement game after the train movement game is performed.

  Specifically, as shown in the determination process in step S32 of the flowchart of FIG. 5 described above, the continuous production is performed this time when the production corresponding to the unit game performed one time before is a train movement game. It is performed corresponding to the unit game to be performed.

  As shown in step S33 of the flowchart of FIG. 5, the continuous production is started when the sub-control unit 200 receives the result of the lottery process from the main control unit 100, and the step of the flowchart of FIG. As shown in S43, when the sub-control unit 200 receives a stop signal from the main control unit 100, a termination process is performed.

  As described above, the continuous effect is selected according to the result of the train movement game after the train movement game is performed. Specifically, the continuous effect is selected by the station function of the stop station where the train stops when the train movement game is performed in the process of step S164 in the flowchart of FIG.

  The table tennis match production includes a first match and a second match. After the first match is performed corresponding to a certain unit game, the second match is performed corresponding to the next unit game. In the first match, as shown in step S173 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 17, first, the teammate character serves to start a table tennis match, and then a rally is performed between the teammate character and the enemy character. . During the rally, the main control means 100 ends the unit game, and the rally is temporarily interrupted accordingly. Specifically, by receiving the third stop signal in step S177 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 17, the rally is temporarily interrupted in the process of step S179. The rally is resumed in response to the next unit game being performed by the main control means 100. Specifically, the rally is resumed by the processing of steps S161 to S163 in the flowchart shown in FIG. When the table tennis match is performed twice, the table tennis match is ended by the processing of steps S180 and S181 in the flowchart shown in FIG.

Shooting effects and other continuous effects are performed once. When the unit game is started by the main control means 100, these effects are started by the processing of steps S167 to S169 in the flowchart shown in FIG. When the sub control unit 200 receives the first stop signal from the main control unit 100, these effects are continued by the processing of steps S174 to S176 in the flowchart shown in FIG. Further, when the sub-control unit 200 receives the third stop signal from the main control unit 100, the processing of steps S182 to S184 in the flowchart shown in FIG. Is called.
As described above, since the train movement effect is performed, the continuous effect can be continuously performed based on the result of the train movement effect.

2 is a front view showing a front surface of the slot machine 10 according to the present embodiment. FIG. FIG. 3 shows an internal structure of the slot machine 10. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an outline of main functions in the slot machine 10. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of control in main control means 100. 4 is a flowchart of control in sub-control means 200. It is a flowchart of the process which restarts the train movement game called and performed by the process of step S39 of FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a halfway stop station selection process that is called and executed in the process of step S54 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6. It is a flowchart of the random selection mode process A called and performed by the process of step S63 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection mode process A called and performed by the process of step S65 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the terminal station shortest selection mode process A called and performed by the process of step S67 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the terminal station stop possibility selection mode process A called and performed by the process of step S68 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the random selection aspect process B called and performed by the process of step S71 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection aspect process B called and performed by the process of step S73 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart of the terminal station direction selection mode process B called and performed by the process of step S75 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process which complete | finishes the train movement game called and performed by the process of step S42 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process which starts the continuous production called and performed by the process of step S33 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process which complete | finishes the continuous effect called and performed by the process of step S43 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows one example of the image displayed on the image display apparatus when a train movement game is performed. It is a table | surface which shows the stop station basic data used by this Embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows the terminal station used by this Embodiment. It is a table | surface which shows the example of the shortest station number data. It is the figure which showed path | route data in the tabular format. It is a table | surface which shows the outline | summary of stop prohibition output data. It is a figure which shows the example of the stoptable station table produced | generated by the process of step S82 of the flowchart shown in FIG. It is a table | surface which shows one example of the stop station shortest station number table. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the process which changes a terminal station.

Explanation of symbols

10 slot machine 27 setting switch 30L, 30C, 30R reel 42 start switch 44a, 44b, 44c stop switch 100 main control means (game control means)
120 Role lottery means 122 Random number generation means 124 Random number extraction means 126 Random number determination means 128 Probability table storage means 130 Reel drive control means 132 Reel rotation control means 134 Reel stop control means 160 Set value storage means 200 Sub control means (effect control means)
280 Selection mode determining means 290 Selection stop point determining means 295 End point changing means 300 Production means 700 Setting value setting means

Claims (3)

A slot machine having a plurality of rotatable reels with a plurality of symbols and performing a unit game for performing processing based on the plurality of reels being stopped,
A role lottery means for performing a lottery process of a combination used in the unit game by using one probability table selected according to a preset value from a plurality of probability tables having different winning probabilities of the combination ;
Game control means for controlling the progress of the unit game based on the lottery result of the role lottery means;
An effect means for informing information relating to the unit game, wherein an effect means for displaying an image of the character and an image of the moving path of the character,
Effect control means for controlling the effect of the character moving on the moving path, and
The travel path is
The character, when moving the moving path, and a plurality of stop points indicating the point where it stopped,
A unit path connecting the stop points adjacent to each other, and a path along which the character moves.
The production is
As a starting point for the movement of one of the stop point of the plurality of stopping points the character, the other stop point different from the stopping point of the one with the end point of the movement of the character, the plurality of stop By including connection points to which at least three unit paths are connected to a point, there are one or more moving paths connecting the starting point and the ending point ,
Among the plurality of stop points, a stop point at which the character is currently stopped is a current stop point,
When the unit game is performed once and one selected stop point among the plurality of stop points is determined as a selected stop point, a travel path connecting the current stop point and the selected stop point The character moves from the current stop point to the selected stop point along the moving path including the unit path, and stops at the selected stop point; and
When the unit game is performed a plurality of times, it is an effect that the character sequentially moves from the starting point to the ending point along the moving path through at least one selection stop point,
The production control means counts the number of unit games counted when the character is on the moving path within a predetermined distance from the current stop point to the end point after the character starts from the starting point. When the value becomes a predetermined value or more , including an end point changing means for changing a stop point different from the end point among the plurality of stop points to a new end point ,
The end point changing means determines the new end point according to the set value for selecting the probability table for determining the winning probability of the combination,
When the character is more than the predetermined distance away from the end point before determining the new end point, the count value of the unit game number is cleared,
In the slot machine, the character moves sequentially from the current stop point to the new end point. Based on the result of the lottery process of the combination lottery means, the production control means randomly selects at least one of the stop points on all moving paths connected from the current stop point as the selection stop point. Which includes a random selection mode to be selected and an end point direction selection mode in which a stop point closer to the end point than the current stop point is selected as the selection stop point among travel paths connected from the current stop point. The selection mode is selected,
2. The slot machine according to claim 1 , wherein when the set value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the end point changing means determines the new end point from stop points that are closer than the current end point . The selection mode further includes an end point arrival mode in which the end point is selected as the selection stop point.
The presentation control means, when the lottery result of the combination lottery means is elected to a predetermined combination, the claim 2 to select the end point reaches embodiment carries out an effect of mode for moving the character to the end point The slot machine described in.

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